Why the study?
What are the benchmark standards for operative mortality, 5-year survival, and length of stay in patients undergoing open repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm?
What are the benchmark standards for operative mortality, 5-year survival, and length of stay in patients undergoing open repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm?
Open repair of AAA in Western Australia demonstrates outcomes for elective and ruptured cases that compare favorably with international centers of excellence, supporting its use even in patients over 80 years of age with rupture.
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Provides benchmarks for open AAA repair mortality and survival; extends established international standards to an Australian cohort.
Semmens et al. (1998) studied this question.