about 80% of all patients with AAA are treated with endovascular aortic repair (EVAR). Compared to open aneurysm repair (OAR), the 30-day mortality of EVAR is significantly lower (1.2% versus 3.3%).
However, of the 291 patients we studied, only 1 (0.3%) had proximal migration of > 5 mm in the first 3 months post-EVAR. All others had no or minimal migration of < 2 mm on the 3-month CTA ...
As with any procedure, open surgical repair has a risk of complications. “Endovascular” means “inside or within a blood vessel.” Your surgeon will implant this graft, which has a covered material so ...
The following is a summary of “Textbook Outcome’ in Endovascular Aortic Repair is Associated with Improved One-Year Survival,” published in the November 2024 issue of Surgery by Sickels et al. A ...