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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Data on abdominal aortic aneurysm detailed by M.A.M. Peirano and co-authors

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, February 5th, 2010

In this recently published study, investigators in Canada conducted a study "To determine the evolution of the proximal aortic neck diameter in mid- to long-term follow-up after endovascular aneurysm repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with a balloon-expandable stent-graft. Thirty patients (27 men; average age 71 years, range 56-87) with infrarenal AAAs were treated with the SETA-Latecba balloon-expandable stent-graft (6 aortomonoiliac and 24 bifurcated configurations)."

"Follow-up ranged from 4 to 8 years (mean 73.4 months). Computed tomography was done systematically before the procedure, after implantation (1-3 months), at 1 year, and annually thereafter. The...

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