Why the study?
Does surgery by specialist vascular surgeons reduce in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair compared to general surgeons?
Population
Patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair at Basel University Hospital. Endovascular…
Comparison
Surgery performed by specialist vascular surgeons vs Surgery performed by general surgeons
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
In-hospital
Authors
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Should not yet change referral patterns; leaves open confounding by case selection in this cohort.
Does surgery by specialist vascular surgeons reduce in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair compared to general surgeons?
Open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair performed by specialized vascular surgeons is associated with significantly lower in-hospital mortality compared to general surgeons, particularly in emergency cases.
Rosenthal et al. (2005) studied this question.