Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair versus open repair: Why and why not?

Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-53

  Upchurch Jr , Gilbert R ^a,b   Eliason, Jonathan J ^a   Rectenwald, John E ^a   Escobar, Guillermo ^a   Kabbani, Loay ^a   Criado, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Endovascular repair; Open repair; Patient characteristics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 65549148954     PISSN: 15310035     EISSN: 15310027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1531003509333363     Document Type: Article

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