Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Research on abdominal aortic aneurysm reported by A. Wibmer et al
Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, October 29th, 2009
According to a study from Berlin, Germany, "Several studies have observed both higher mortality rates and lower utilization of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) at low-volume centers. This article presents the results of elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair at a low-volume center in the endovascular era and investigates whether postprocedural mortality can be improved by extension of EVAR application also in this setting."
"This is an 11.6-year retrospective cohort study of 132 patients undergoing elective surgical or endovascular AAA repair at a tertiary care academic hospital between 1997 and July 2008, i.e., a median volume of 12 cases per year. The...
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