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Associated factors, timing, and technical aspects of late failure following open surgical aneurysm repairs.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Aug 2010
Coscas Raphael, Greenberg Roy K, Mastracci Tara M, Eagleton Matthew, Kang Woong C, Morales Catherine, Hernandez Adrian V
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: In contrast to endovascular repair (EVAR), the absence of rigorous imaging follow-up after open surgical repair (OSR) has rendered the perception that late failure (LF) is rare. Better understanding of associated factors with LF will help define OSR follow-up paradigms and perhaps alter initial repair strategy to facilitate treatment of LF. The aim of this study is to evaluate aspects of LF requiring...
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