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Economic evaluation of open vs endovascular repair of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries
July 2010
July 2010
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Abstract
During the last decade, endovascular repair (EV) has replaced open surgical repair
(OSR) as the preferred method of treatment of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries
(BTAIs) at many trauma centers. This has resulted in reductions in mortality, length
of stay, and major complications, including paraplegia, with the added expense of
the initial endograft, subsequent surveillance, and reinterventions. The purpose of
this study was to conduct an economic evaluation comparing these two methods of repair.