Volume Standards for Open AAA Repair Are Not Associated With Improved Clinical Outcomes

A retrospective review was conducted of Medicare beneficiaries>65  years of age between 2013 and 2014 with data from the Vascular Quality Initiative used to estimate total hospital annual volume of open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - September 19, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: M.E. Smith, D.C. Sutzko, F.M. Davis, J.L. Eliason, P.K. Henke, N.H. Osborne Tags: Leapfrog minimum numbers for open abdominal aortic aneurysms should be lowered Source Type: research