Post-endovascular aneurysm repair patient outcomes and follow-up are not adversely impacted by long travel distance to tertiary vascular surgery centers.
Sarangarm
Dusadee
D
Division of Vascular Surgery, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA.
Knepper
Jordan
J
Marek
John
J
Biggs
Kristen L
KL
Robertson
Diane
D
Langsfeld
Mark
M
D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009516:New Mexico; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012086:Reoperation; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome