Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 577-583.e3 , March 2010

Long-term outcomes and resource utilization of endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in Ontario

  • Prasad Jetty, MD, MSc, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Prasad Jetty, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, 1053 Carling Ave, A-280, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada
    • ,
  • Paul Hebert, MD, MSc, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Carl van Walraven, MD, MSc, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Received 6 August 2009 ,Accepted 6 October 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

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 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)02248-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.10.101

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 577-583.e3 , March 2010

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