Sex differences in national rates of repair of emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm.

CONCLUSION: Women who present as an emergency with an AAA are less likely to undergo repair than men. Although some of this can be explained by differences in age and co-morbidities, the differences persist after case-mix adjustment. PMID: 30395361 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The British Journal of Surgery - November 5, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Aber A, Tong TS, Chilcott J, Thokala P, Maheswaran R, Thomas SM, Nawaz S, Walters S, Michaels J Tags: Br J Surg Source Type: research