Two studies by a UK-based research team investigating endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) have shown that its advantages are extremely limited. The first, a randomised 1,252-patient trial comparing minimally-invasive intervention with traditional surgical treatment, ...
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Trials show endovascular AAA treatment has little long-term benefit over surgery
12 April 2010
Elizabeth Cairns
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