Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair--life insurance implications.
Aortic aneurysms can be managed surgically using an open graft replacement approach, or the less invasive approach, endovascular repair. The endovascular devices and patient selection methodology have evolved over the past decade. Intuitively, it would appear that the open approach affords a better long-term survival in low operative-risk individuals, but some current studies suggest otherwise. Until there are more long-term (20+ year) mortality studies that compare the open approach with the endovascular repair approach, we will not know with certainty how their survival outcomes compare.
Strategic Medical Consulting, Inc., USA. jcotlar@strategicmedconsulting.com
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D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007352:Insurance, Life; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods