Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 828-835.e1 , October 2008

Functional outcome after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair

Presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society, Washington, DC, Sep 28-30, 2006.

Received 8 February 2008 ,Accepted 10 May 2008.

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    Influence of systemic vascular disease (SVD) on quality of life after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair as assessed by scores on the domains of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item (SF36) Heal

    Influence of systemic vascular disease (SVD) on quality of life after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair as assessed by scores on the domains of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item (SF36) Health Survey at mean 5 ± 3.2 years after operation. Data are shown with the standard error.

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    Influence of follow-up time on quality of life after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair as assessed by scores on the domains of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item (SF36) Health Survey. Data a

    Influence of follow-up time on quality of life after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair as assessed by scores on the domains of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item (SF36) Health Survey. Data are shown with the standard error.

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    Influence of post-operative paraplegia on quality of life after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair as assessed by scores on the domains of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item (SF36) Health Sur

    Influence of post-operative paraplegia on quality of life after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair as assessed by scores on the domains of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item (SF36) Health Survey. Note the small numbers of late survivors after total paraplegia. Data are shown with the standard error.

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    Influence of hospital length of stay on quality of life after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair as assessed by scores on the domains of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item (SF36) Health Surve

    Influence of hospital length of stay on quality of life after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair as assessed by scores on the domains of the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36-Item (SF36) Health Survey. Prolonged hospitalization may be a surrogate for poor physical functioning domains. Data are shown with the standard error.

 Supported in part by the Harold and June Geneen Vascular Research Fund.

 Competition of interest: none.

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PII: S0741-5214(08)00775-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.05.018

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 828-835.e1 , October 2008

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