Open AccessOperative Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Octogenarians When Is It Too Much Too Late?
Author(s) -
Richard H. Dean,
Jonathan D. Woody,
Cam Enarson,
Kimberley J. Hansen,
George W. Plonk
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199306000-00014
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , aneurysm , mortality rate , abdominal aortic aneurysm , hemodynamics , anesthesia
This study evaluated the value of operation for treatment of all octogenarians with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).