Increasing Disparity Between Society for Vascular Surgery Guidelines for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair and Real-World Practice; Are the Guidelines Still Relevant?

Current Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines, based on randomized controlled trials published more than a decade ago, recommend a minimum threshold diameter of 5.5 cm for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (iAAA) repair. It is unknown whether practice patterns with respect to size of repair have changed since the publication of these guidelines. We aimed to evaluate the real-world practice of vascular surgeons in our region with respect to iAAA size at the time of repair, whether this has changed during the past 12 years, and if any changes were associated with the repair type, open vs endovascular.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Abstract from the 2017 Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting Source Type: research