Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Research on abdominal aortic aneurysm discussed by J. Mcphee and co-researchers
Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, May 21st, 2009
"Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) has gained wide acceptance for the elective treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), leading to interest in similar treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (RAAA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate national outcomes after EVAR for RAAA and to assess the effect of institutional volume metrics.," scientists writing in the Journal of Vascular Surgery report.
"The Nationwide Inpatient Sample was used to identify patients treated with open or EVAR for RAAA, 2001-2006. Procedure volume was determined for each institution categorizing hospitals as low-, medium-, and high-volume. The primary outcome was...
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