title: Debate: whether endovascular repair offers a survival advantage over open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.
abstract: During the last decade, new information and reports have been published regularly describing endovascular and open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, but despite this, disagreement persists over which therapy is best. At the root of the problem is the discrepancy between the findings of multiple well-performed observational studies and a smaller number of randomized controlled trials. Our debaters do an excellent job of summarizing the current status of the world literature and describing their conflicting interpretations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, London Health Sciences Centre & Western University, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: luc.dubois@lhsc.on.ca.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: dieter.mayer@usz.ch.
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rancic
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY; Department of Vascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Veith
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lachat
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D064887:Observational Studies as Topic; D018579:Patient Selection; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome