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2nd Option Improves Abdominal Aorta Repair Outcomes


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"By offering both treatment options, it was possible to improve the immediate and mid-term overall results by shifting high-risk patients from the open graft reduction to the endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair group, thereby improving the results of open surgery."

The study was published in the June issue of the journal Archives of Surgery.

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The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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SOURCE: JAMA/Archives journals, news release, June 16, 2008


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