title: [Endovascular (transfemoral endoluminal aneurysm management; TEAM) versus conventional open therapy in abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA): analysis of a clinical series].
abstract: All patients (n = 826) treated electively at the Department of Vascular Surgery University of Vienna, Austria, for their AAA during the years 1965-2000 were analysed with particular emphasis on endoluminal repair. Data collection was carried out in retrospect. The operative mortality or within 30 days was considered the primary endpoint of the study. Since 1995 the TEAM approach was available. From that point in time 45.5% of the AAA were treated electively in the endoluminal way. An exploratory analysis of the clinical series revealed a statistically significant difference in the incidence of various risk factors between groups in favor of open repair. Consequently a conditional regression analysis demonstrated the operative method, median patient's age (above versus below 72 years of age), reduced renal and/or pulmonary function to be of significant influence.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für klinische interdisziplinäre Gefässmedizinforschung, Universität Wien, AKH Wien, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Wien, Osterreich.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kretschmer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hölzenbein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teufelsbauer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lammer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thurnher
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Huk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Polterauer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents; D015996:Survival Rate