Effects of study design and trends for EVAR versus OSR

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1011-1022

  Hopkins, Robert ^a   Bowen, James ^a   Campbell, Kaitryn ^a   Blackhouse, Gord ^d   De Rose, Guy ^b,c   Novick, Teresa ^b   O'Reilly, Daria ^a,d   Goeree, Ron ^a,d   Tarride, Jean Eric ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular repair; Meta analysis; Open surgical repair; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; BLEEDING; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBASE; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GRAFT FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREND STUDY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56849127883     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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