Impact of aortic diameter on the outcome of surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Several recent articles have discussed ultrasonographic surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of lesion size on immediate morbidity and mortality after surgical treatment of AAA. More specifically we investigated whether the mortality rate was lower after treatment of AAA measuring
Vascular Surgery Department, University Hospital of Nice, Saint Roch's Hospital, 5 rue Pierre Dévoluy, BP 1319, 06006 Nice Cedex 1, France. hassen-khodja.r@chu-nice.fr
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D015996:Survival Rate; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed