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• Durability of open repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm: a 15-year follow-up study.

  Biancari F, Ylönen K, Anttila V, Juvonen J, Romsi P, Satta J, Juvonen T. Biancari F, et al. J Vasc Surg. 2002 Jan;35(1):87-93. doi: 10.1067/mva.2002.119751. J Vasc Surg. 2002. PMID: 11802137
• Efficacy of a bifurcated endograft versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a reappraisal.

  Makaroun MS, Chaikof E, Naslund T, Matsumura JS. Makaroun MS, et al. J Vasc Surg. 2002 Feb;35(2):203-10. doi: 10.1067/mva.2002.120377. J Vasc Surg. 2002. PMID: 11854716 Clinical Trial.
• Variation in death rate after abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy in the United States: impact of hospital volume, gender, and age.

  Dimick JB, Stanley JC, Axelrod DA, Kazmers A, Henke PK, Jacobs LA, Wakefield TW, Greenfield LJ, Upchurch GR Jr. Dimick JB, et al. Ann Surg. 2002 Apr;235(4):579-85. doi: 10.1097/00000658-200204000-00017. Ann Surg. 2002. PMID: 11923615 Free PMC article.
• Immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms.

  Lederle FA, Wilson SE, Johnson GR, Reinke DB, Littooy FN, Acher CW, Ballard DJ, Messina LM, Gordon IL, Chute EP, Krupski WC, Busuttil SJ, Barone GW, Sparks S, Graham LM, Rapp JH, Makaroun MS, Moneta GL, Cambria RA, Makhoul RG, Eton D, Ansel HJ, Freischlag JA, Bandyk D; Aneurysm Detection and Management Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study Group. Lederle FA, et al. N Engl J Med. 2002 May 9;346(19):1437-44. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa012573. N Engl J Med. 2002. PMID: 12000813 Clinical Trial.
• Long-term outcomes of immediate repair compared with surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms.

  United Kingdom Small Aneurysm Trial Participants; Powell JT, Brady AR, Brown LC, Fowkes FG, Greenhalgh RM, Ruckley CV, Thompson SG. United Kingdom Small Aneurysm Trial Participants, et al. N Engl J Med. 2002 May 9;346(19):1445-52. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa013527. N Engl J Med. 2002. PMID: 12000814 Clinical Trial.