Female Sex Portends Worse Long-term Survival After Open Type I-III Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair

Although outcomes following infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery are worse in females, sex-specific differences in outcomes following open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm(TAAA) surgery are less clear. The goal of this study was to identify sex-based disparities in short and long-term outcomes after open type I-III TAAA surgery.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - January 31, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Christopher A. Latz, Laura Boitano, Linda J. Wang, Elizabeth Chou, Charles DeCarlo, Anna A. Pendleton, Jahan Mohebali, Mark Conrad Source Type: research