title: Endovascular therapy or conventional vascular surgery? A complex choice.
abstract: Endovascular therapy and open vascular surgery have advantages and disadvantages. A single therapeutic option is rarely ideal for all patients. Rather, the two options are tools that are best used selectively; their availability allows for therapy to be tailored to optimize patient care.
authors.affiliation: Endovascular Research, Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA. greenbr@ccf.org
authors.forename: Roy K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures