Das rupturierte Aortenaneurysma – Therapie, Ergebnisse (Zertifizierung: Modul A Spezialkurs)

Rupture is an often fatal complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm for which an acute surgical intervention is needed. The mortality from surgical treatment of acute ruptured aneurysms is reported to be high. (>40%) A less invasive technique, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) could potentially reduce peri-operative mortality and complications. Retrospective, single center and small cohort studies have reported decrease in per-operative mortality and morbidity after EVAR of Ruptured Acute Abdominal Aneurysms.(RAAA) It is well known that this sort of study design is often flawed by all sorts of bias, especia…