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Open versus endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: which offers the best long-term outcome?

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boxed-textBlankensteijn JD et al. (2005) Two-year outcomes after conventional or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med 352: 2398–2405

There is no mid-term survival difference between endovascular and open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, although endovascular repair might be more appropriate for older patients with suitable endograft anatomy

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