title: [The evaluation of costs of the abdominal aortic aneurysm endovascular treatment].
abstract: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) treatment by means of stentgraft implementation is a less post-operationally after-effected, way of treating the AAA on the contrast to the more traditional method. The aim of this study was to evaluate the costs of stentgraft implementation.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the years 2001-2006 65 patients were implemented the intervascular prosthesis. Only the patients with severe chronic medical problems were qualified for the treatment: 31 with the respiratory failure, 29 with the circulatory failure and 5 after the stroke with spastic hemiplegia. After CT of the abdominal cave and the angiography performed at the general anaesthetic the intervascular prosthesis was implemented.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the endovascular procedure was performed the complications could be noticed among 7 patients (10.76%), one patient died (1,53%). After obtaining the data from the Marketing Department the overall cost of treating the patients with endovascular prosthesis was 47500.39 PLN.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Among patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm and with severe chronic medical problems costs of the endovascular prosthesis implementation are high, because costs of the stentgraft are high.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Wrocław, Medical and Dental Faculty, Poland. jangnus@poczta.onet.pl
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gnus
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Witkiewicz
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hauzer
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfanhauser
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000191:economics / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000191:economics; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D015607:Stents / Q000191:economics