Open AccessComparison of Long-term Survival After Open vs Endovascular Repair of Intact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Author(s) -
David C. Chang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2012.453
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal aortic aneurysm , interquartile range , hazard ratio , surgery , perioperative , national death index , aortic aneurysm , endovascular aneurysm repair , proportional hazards model , amputation , aneurysm , confidence interval
Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) compared with open repair increases perioperative survival, but it is not known if it increases long-term survival.
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