Regional variation in endovascular treatment rate and in-hospital mortality of abdominal aortic aneurysms in Germany.

Conclusions: This study reveals variations in use of EVAR and in-hospital mortality for iAAA treatment in Germany. This may imply that selection of treatment might not only be influenced by patient characteristics, but also by regional location. These results need to be taken into account when discussing centralization of AAA treatment in Germany.
PMID: 31779536 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. Journal for Vascular Diseases - November 28, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Trenner M, Salvermoser M, Reutersberg B, Busch A, Schmid V, Eckstein HH, Kuehnl A Tags: Vasa Source Type: research