Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 25-29 , January 2008

Improved Outcome after Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm over an 18-Year Period

  • Łukasz Dzieciuchowicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Lukasz Dzieciuchowicz, MD, PhD, State Clinical Hospital nr 1, Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Dluga ½, 61-848 Poznan, Poland
    • ,
  • Wacław Majewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
    • ,
  • Maciej Słowiński

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
    • ,
  • Zbigniew Krasiński

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
    • ,
  • Andrzej A. Jawien

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
    • ,
  • Krzysztof Bieda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
    • ,
  • Grzegorz Oszkinis

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
    • ,
  • Marcin Gabriel

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
    • ,
  • Stanisław Zapalski

      Affiliations

    • Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

References 

  1. Office for National Statistics . Mortality by cause (25). Series DH2. London: Stationary Office; 2000;
  2. Acosta S, Ogren M, Bengtsson H, et al. Increasing incidence of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: a population-based study. J Vasc Surg. 2006;44:237–243
  3. Heller JA, Weinberg A, Arons R, et al. Two decades of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: have we made any progress?. J Vasc Surg. 2000;32:1091–1100
  4. Hallin A, Bergqvist D, Holmberg L. Literature review of surgical management of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2001;22:197–204
  5. Dueck AD, Kucey DS, Johnston KW, et al. Long-term survival and temporal trends in patient and surgeon factors after elective and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2004;39:1261–1267
  6. Teufelsbauer H, Prusa AM, Wolff K, et al. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: status quo after a quarter century of treatment experience. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2003;115:584–589
  7. Wainess RM, Dimick JB, Cowan JA, et al. Epidemiology of surgically treated abdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States, 1988 to 2000. Vascular. 2004;12:218–224
  8. Rutledge R, Oller DW, Meyer AA, et al. A statewide, population-based time-series analysis of the outcome of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Ann Surg. 1996;223:492–502
  9. Visser P, Akkersdijk GJ, Blankensteijn JD. In-hospital operative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: a population-based analysis of 5593 patients in The Netherlands over a 10-year period. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2005;30:359–364
  10. Bradbury AW, Adam DJ, Makhdoomi KR, et al. A 21-year experience of abdominal aortic aneurysm operations in Edinburgh. Br J Surg. 1998;8:645–647
  11. van Dongen HPA, Leusink JA, Moll FL, et al. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: factors influencing postoperative mortality and long-term survival. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 1998;15:62–66
  12. Filipovic M, Goldacre MJ, Roberts SE, et al. Trends in mortality and hospital admission rates for abdominal aortic aneurysm in England and Wales, 1979-1999. Br J Surg. 2005;92:968–975
  13. Darling RC, Cordero JA, Chang BB, et al. Advances in the surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms. Cardiovasc Surg. 1996;4:720–723
  14. Ho P, Cheng SW, Ting AC, et al. Improvement of mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm patients over 12 years and its relationship with tracheostomy. Ann Vasc Surg. 2006;20:175–182
  15. Bown MJ, Sutton AJ, Bell PRF, et al. A meta-analysis of 50 years of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Br J Surg. 2002;89:714–730
  16. Dzieciuchowicz L, Majewski W, Słowiński M, et al. Preoperative predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Chirurgia Polska. 2006;8:259–268
  17. Korhonen SJ, Ylonen K, Biancari F, et al. Finnvasc Study Group. Glasgow Aneurysm Score as a predictor of immediate outcome after surgery for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Br J Surg. 2004;91:1449–1452
  18. Davidovic L, Markovic M, Kostic D, et al. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: factors influencing early survival. Ann Vasc Surg. 2005;19:29–34
  19. Halpern VJ, Kline RG, D'Angelo AJ, et al. Factors that affect the survival rate of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 1997;26:939–945
  20. Stone PA, Hayes JD, AbuRahma AF, et al. Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: 15 years of continued experience in a southern West Virginia community. Ann Vasc Surg. 2005;19:851–857
  21. Bradbury AW, Bachoo P, Milne AA, et al. Platelet count and the outcome of operation for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg. 1995;21:484–491
  22. Davies MJ, Murphy WG, Murie JA, et al. Preoperative coagulopathy in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm predicts poor outcome. Br J Surg. 1993;80:974–976
  23. Adam DJ, Mohan IV, Stuart WP, et al. Community and hospital outcome from ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm within the catchment area of a regional vascular surgical service. J Vasc Surg. 1999;30:922–928
  24. Cassar K, Godden DJ, Duncan JL. Community mortality after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is unrelated to the distance from the surgical centre. Br J Surg. 2001;88:1341–1343
  25. Dimick JB, Stanley JC, Axelrod DA, et al. Variation in death rate after abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy in the United States. Impact of hospital volume, gender and age. Ann Surg. 2002;235:579–585
  26. Alonso-Perez M, Segura RJ, Sanchez J, et al. Factors increasing the mortality rate for patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms. Ann Vasc Surg. 2001;15:601–607

PII: S0890-5096(07)00332-9

doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.09.006

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 25-29 , January 2008

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution