Background Elective endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm results in lower
perioperative mortality than traditional open repair, but after 4 years this survival advantage …

Background Whether elective endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm reduces
long-term morbidity and mortality, as compared with traditional open repair, remains …

Background For patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysms, randomized trials have
shown an initial overall survival benefit for elective endovascular repair over conventional …

Background Few data are available on the long-term outcome of endovascular repair of
abdominal aortic aneurysm as compared with open repair. Methods From 1999 through …

Objective Randomized trials have shown an initial survival benefit of endovascular over
conventional open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair but no long-term difference up to 6 …

Background Two randomized trials have shown better outcomes with elective endovascular
repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms than with conventional open repair in the first month …

Background Although the initial results of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic
aneurysms were promising, current evidence from controlled studies does not convincingly …

Background Randomized trials and observational studies have shown that perioperative
morbidity and mortality are lower with endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm …

Background Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm was originally developed for
patients who were considered to be physically ineligible for open surgical repair. Data are …

PURPOSE: To summarize and compare published short-term results of elective
endovascular and open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. MATERIALS AND …