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Does endovascular repair reduce mortality compared to open repair in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm?
Does endovascular repair reduce mortality compared to open repair in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm?
Endovascular repair may offer lower mortality rates compared to open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, though further studies are needed to establish a definitive standard of care.
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Endovascular repair may lower mortality in ruptured AAA; leaves open whether it should supplant open repair pending randomized trials.
Rupture is the most important complication of the abdominal aortic aneurysms. Diagnosis is clinical and radiological. The mortality of patients who have undergone open repair remains high (between 30 and 50%) and it has not changed for two decades. Mortality in patients who underwent endovascular repair was lower (about 20%). Further studies are needed to establish the standard of care and the scientific debate is animate.
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