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No intraoperative injuries, conversions to open repair, or 30-day postoperative complications occurred.
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Results: The patient underwent an open repair of the complicated hernia.
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Conclusions: Radiofrequency ablation is a viable alternative to open repair offering excellent efficacy.
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There were no cases of retrograde dissection and no conversions to open repair.
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In addition, we compared EVAR with open repair in the early and late cohorts.
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Technical success was achieved in 50 patients; one patient required conversion to open repair intraoperatively.
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Results: Technical success was obtained in all patients, and no conversion to open repair was necessary.
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Conclusions: Mortality rates in those undergoing EVAR for RAAA are comparable with those undergoing open repair.
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These factors differ for open repair vs EVAR and should be considered in individual patient decision-making.
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Unlike surgery, endovascular treatment with stent grafts is also applicable in patients unfit for open repair.
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Conclusion: Hospital mortality is an important quality parameter of endovascular and open repair of iAAA and rAAA.
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Six patients were converted to standard open repair because of inability to achieve successful endovascular aneurysm repair.
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Conclusions: Long-term overall survival was similar among patients who underwent endovascular repair and those who underwent open repair.
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Over 5 years, patients of marginal fitness had no early survival advantage from EVAR compared with open repair.
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A 71-year-old man, following open repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, went home on the fifth postoperative day.
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This was higher in cases of open repair beside EVAR and in cases with ruptured AAAs beside elective cases.
