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In the last decade, there have been dramatic changes to the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in the UK, and further progress is likely in the next few years. The central strategy in managing abdominal aortic aneurysms is to detect these lesions before they rupture and perform an elective repair with low morbidity and mortality. Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is a catastrophic event which carries a community mortality in excess of 90%.
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Thompson, M., Holt, P., Hinchliffe, R., Loftus, I. (2012). Surgical Approaches to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. In: Abraham, D., Handler, C., Dashwood, M., Coghlan, G. (eds) Translational Vascular Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-920-8_12
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