title: [Ruptured aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. A study of their incidence and mortality].
abstract: Between 1986 and 1992, 133 patients with abdominal aneurysms presented to our Department of Vascular Surgery. Of these, 97 (73%) were elective cases and 36 (27%) had ruptured. In all these patients resections were undertaken. Postoperative complications occurred in 28 patients (28%) for elective resection and in 17 patients (47%) for ruptured aneurysms (p < 0.05), with mortality rates of 46 and 94%, respectively (p < 0.005). The postoperative mortality for elective resection was 13% and for rupture 44% (p < 0.001).
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirurgía Vascular, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Coruña, España.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Acea Nebril
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tovar Martín
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Díaz Pardeiro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fernández Pintos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Caamaño Martínez
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Aneurismas rotos de aorta abdominal. Un estudio de la incidencia y mortalidad.