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Endovascular vs Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in the Medicare Population > The largest study to date with 45,000 Medicare recipients > Search is on for new treatment options > Endovascular endoluminal repair limited and complex > Less invasive and permanent way to repair AAA might be hybrid > Endo Vascular Laparoscopic Surgery EVLS

Thursday, January 31, 2008

How does the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Baltimore PC evaluate the continued failure rates of stent-graft repair? Why do most practitioners feel that choosing between endovascular repair with endoleaks or EVAR graft migration and open surgical repair is a toss up considering the complexity of EVAR? Is it time for a combination […]

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Christopher C. Thompson, MD, Guest Faculty at advancedlaparoscopy.com > Lee Swanstrom, MD > NOSCAR Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research

Monday, September 24, 2007

Has a new dimension been added to minimally invasive surgery that eliminates complications associated with traditional surgery such as postoperative abdominal wall pain, wound infections, hernias, adhesions, and impaired immune function? Are second generation devices currently being evaluated and have any of the prototypes been proven to be more feasible for clinical application?

IIP > justin […]

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Device failure, migration, endoleaks, high device cost, lifelong re-intervention and the limited group of elective patients are the failure modes of AAA stent-graft repair and EVAR

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

ISP - justin - c x vasc ular:
Challenging session - highlighting the cost effectiveness issue of EVAR.
In a fascinating session at the recent Charing Cross International Symposium, London, UK, it emerged that device cost, method of follow-up, the avoidance of re-intervention and the identification of subgroups of patients […]

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