Endovascular treatment for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.

CONCLUSIONS: The conclusions of this review are currently limited by the paucity of data. From the data available there is no difference in the outcomes evaluated in this review between eEVAR and open repair, specifically 30-day mortality. Not enough information was provided for complications in order to make a well informed conclusion at this time. Long-term data are lacking for both survival and late complications. More high quality, randomised controlled trials comparing eEVAR and open repair for the treatment of RAAA are needed in order to better understand if one method is superior to the other, or if there is no difference between the methods on relevant outcomes. PMID: 25042123 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25042123?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - July 21, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Badger S, Bedenis R, Blair PH, Ellis P, Kee F, Harkin DW Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research