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Title:

Increasing Incidence of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Germany in the Endovascular Era: Secondary Data Analysis of the Nationwide German DRG Microdata.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Geisbüsch, Sarah; Kuehnl, Andreas; Salvermoser, Michael; Reutersberg, Benedikt; Trenner, Matthias; Eckstein, Hans-Henning
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Nationwide population based data on epidemiology and surgical treatment of descending thoracic aortic (DTA) aneurysms are not available for Germany. The aim was to assess the in hospital incidence, and to report outcomes of patients who received surgical treatment. METHODS: Data were acquired by analysing the diagnosis related group (DRG) statistics of the German Federal Statistical Office. All inpatient cases of ruptured (rDTA aneurysm, ICD Code I71.1) or non-ruptured DTA aneurysm (...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg
Year:
2019
Journal volume:
57
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
499-509
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.08.013
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30220527
Print-ISSN:
1078-5884
TUM Institution:
Fachgebiet Gefäßchirurgie (Prof. Eckstein)
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