The international surgical journal with global reach

This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Open versus endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med 2019; 380: 2126-2135

Published: 22nd November 2019

Authors: Lederle FA, Kyriakides TC, Stroupe KT , Freischlag JA, Padberg FT , Matsumura et al.

Conclusion

A total of 881 patients were originally randomized, and followed for up to 14 years; almost 70 per cent of patients had died. There was no significant difference in the rate of overall survival between the procedures at any time point up to eight years. Aneurysm-related mortality was also similar.

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