Long-term survival and health-related quality of life of patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Abstract

survivors after repair of RAAA had almost the same QoL as the norms of an age- and sex-adjusted general population, justifies an aggressive operative policy in RAAA.

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: open vs. endovascular repair: literature review

“…A study by Hinterseher et al [56] using the WHO-QOL-BREF questionnaire to assess quality of life showed there was no significant difference in quality of life between patients with previous RAAA and a normal age and sex-matched population [55,56]. Similar findings have been reported in other studies [57][58][59].…”

National trends in the repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms

“…The overall mortality rate after rupture is estimated at up to 90%, 9,10 and only 50% of those patients who are hospitalized for rAAA survive surgical intervention. [10][11][12][13] This is in vast contrast with the outcomes for repair of intact AAAs, where the operative mortality is 2% to 8%. 13 Estimates of the incidence of rAAA vary widely, and little is known about recent trends in the number of rAAAs diagnosed and treated.…”

Decision-analytical model with lifetime estimation of costs and health outcomes for one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in 65-year-old men

“…In a sensitivity analysis, individuals diagnosed with an AAA were assigned a decrement in quality of life of 0·071, employing a gamma distribution: gamma(12·6, 0·01). Furthermore, no long‐term negative effects on quality of life have been demonstrated in individuals who survive emergency or elective surgery, and hence no quality adjustment in the postoperative state was included in the base‐case analysis40–48. In a sensitivity analysis, individuals in the postoperative state were assigned a utility decrement of 0·1, employing a gamma distribution: gamma(16, 0·01).…”