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Our study has demonstrated through analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program that inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) replantation does not sufficiently decrease the rates of ischemic colitis after an open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair that is comparable to the cohort of patients who undergo IMA ligation.1 Lazaris and colleagues have expressed in their letter to the Editor that comparison of these two cohorts (open AAA repair with IMA replantation vs open AAA repair with IMA ligation) is not valid because of inherent underlying differences.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research