Endovascular AAA Repair Requires Reintervention More Often Than Surgery
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Reintervention to address abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair complications is more common following endovascular procedures than with open surgery, according to Vascular Surgery Chief Jan Blankensteijn, MD, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, The Netherlands
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