Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

New research on abdominal aortic aneurysm from G. Barbiero and co-authors summarized

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, December 26th, 2008

According to a study from Italy, "This study reviews, on the basis Of Our experience, the indications and options for treating endoleaks (EL) after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) by endografting. Ninety-five patients (M/F =92/3; mean age at time of operation 70.7 +/- 7.8 years) who underwent endovascular repair of infrarenal AAA between April 1997 and October 2004 were considered."

"All images of 420 pre- and postoperative computed tomography (CT) studies were reviewed. A total of 37 EL occurred in 33/95 patients (34.7%), four of whom had two EL of different types. Eighteen EL were treated, 16 by endoluminal treatment. Six EL were type 1:2 were...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2008-12-26)

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