Conversion to open surgery after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysms repair.
The authors describe experience with conversions to open surgery after endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair and evaluate the frequency, causes and results of a total of 7 cases in their series of 165 patients treated over a 10-year period.
Utikal
Petr
P
2nd Clinic of Surgery, University Hospital Olomouc, Czech Republic. petr.utikal@fnol.cz
Koecher
Martin
M
Koutna
Jirina
J
Bachleda
Petr
P
Drac
Petr
P
Cerna
Marie
M
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods