Endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States (2001-2006): A significant survival benefit over open repair is independently associated with increased institutional volume

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 817-826

  McPhee, James ^a   Eslami, Mohammad H ^a   Arous, Elias J ^a   Messina, Louis M ^a   Schanzer, Andres ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VOLUMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST SAVINGS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 63049118934     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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