Endovascular stents for abdominal aortic aneurysms: A systematic review and economic model

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 48, 2009, Pages

  Chambers, D ^a   Epstein, D ^b   Walker, S ^b   Fayter, D ^a   Paton, F ^a   Wright, K ^a   Michaels, J ^c   Thomas, S ^c   Sculpher, M ^b   Woolacott, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; BAYES THEOREM; BIOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMBASE; ENDOLEAK; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STENTS;

EID: 70549094143     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta13480     Document Type: Review

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