The Role of Age in the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

ge is a factor to be considered in any minimally invasive new surgical procedure like endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). There is a growing policy of using less invasive procedures looking for rapid recovery, less blood transfusion, less surgical trauma, less morbidity and less mortality. The two major questions that need to be answered when we are faced with endovascular treatment of aneurysms (AAA) are: 1. Can we offer surgical treatment to older patients, otherwise not candidates for surgery, with low surgical mortality and morbidity?; 2. Are the results equivalent to those obtained with the open procedure, so we can offer EVAR even to younger patients? Those questions are issued in the paper “Is age a determinant factor in EVAR as a predictor of outcomes or in the selection procedure? Our experience”