Objectives: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate patients who underwent endovascular treatment due to abdominal aortic
aneurysms (AAAs) and ruptured AAAs at our center, especially in terms of secondary interventions performed during endovascular treatment and to compare the obtained data with the current literature.
Patients and methods: A total of 137 patients underwent endovascular stent graft implantation due to AAA and ruptured AAA at our center, between 2004-2012. Eighty-one patients whose preoperative CT scans could be obtained were recruited in the study.
Demographic data, preoperative aneurysm diameters, aneurysm neck lengths, neck angles, success rate for stent placement, perioperative
mortality rate (
Key words: Abdominal, aortic aneurysm, endovascular procedures
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