A meta-analysis of comparative studies of endovascular versus open repair for blunt thoracic aortic injury Hisato Takagi, MD, PhD, Norikazu Kawai, MD, Takuya Umemoto, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 135, Issue 6, Pages 1392-1394.e1 (June 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.01.033 Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Meta-analysis of mortality of endovascular versus open repair. The upper and lower panels included all 17 studies and the 11 studies with similar preoperative variables in both groups, respectively. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2008 135, 1392-1394.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.01.033) Copyright © 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions