Affiliation:
1. Vascular Surgical Unit, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, UK
Abstract
Abstract
Between 1974 and 1984, 174 patients with ruptured abdominal aneurysms have been treated by three vascular surgeons. The 11-year period showed a dramatic increase in the number of patients presenting with ruptured aneurysms. The overall operative survival, including patients who died before a graft could be inserted, was 67 per cent with improvement from 60 per cent in the first half of the period to 69 per cent in the second. The overall survival rate for the 162 who had a completed graft was 72 per cent. Reference to data from the Lothian area surgical audit showed that there has been a transfer of responsibility from general to vascular surgeons with an increase in the proportion of patients treated by operation. Concentration of care within a single specialized unit appears to have had a favourable effect on survival.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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