The present article by Blankensteijn et al. sought to determine whether the mortality and complication rate advantage that endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair seemed to have over ...

Pneumonia is a common postoperative complication, with a mortality of up to 40%. The Post-operative Pneumonia Risk Index (PPRI) was derived from a large cohort of general surgical patients but has not ...

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