Endovascular repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm confers an early survival benefit over open repair George A. Antoniou, MD, PhD, George S. Georgiadis, MD, PhD, Stavros A. Antoniou, MD, Polyvios Pavlidis, MD, Dimitrios Maras, MD, George S. Sfyroeras, MD, PhD, FEBVS, Efstratios I. Georgakarakos, MD, PhD, Miltos K. Lazarides, MD, FEBVS Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 58, Issue 4, Pages 1091-1105 (October 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.07.109 Copyright © 2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow chart shows the strategy used for the literature search. AAA, Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013 58, 1091-1105DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2013.07.109) Copyright © 2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Forest plot shows comparison of in-hospital mortality among the studies in the meta-analysis. CI, Confidence interval; EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; M-H, Mantel-Haenszel. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013 58, 1091-1105DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2013.07.109) Copyright © 2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Forest plot of comparison of (a) cardiac complications, (b) respiratory complications, (c) acute renal failure, (d) lower limb ischemia, (e) mesenteric ischemia, (f) abdominal compartment syndrome, (g) secondary interventions, (h) intraoperative blood transfusion, and (i) hospital length of stay among the studies in the meta-analysis. CI, Confidence interval; EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; M-H, Mantel-Haenszel; IV, inverse variance; SD, standard deviation. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013 58, 1091-1105DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2013.07.109) Copyright © 2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Forest plot of comparison of (a) cardiac complications, (b) respiratory complications, (c) acute renal failure, (d) lower limb ischemia, (e) mesenteric ischemia, (f) abdominal compartment syndrome, (g) secondary interventions, (h) intraoperative blood transfusion, and (i) hospital length of stay among the studies in the meta-analysis. CI, Confidence interval; EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; M-H, Mantel-Haenszel; IV, inverse variance; SD, standard deviation. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013 58, 1091-1105DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2013.07.109) Copyright © 2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Forest plot of comparison of (a) cardiac complications, (b) respiratory complications, (c) acute renal failure, (d) lower limb ischemia, (e) mesenteric ischemia, (f) abdominal compartment syndrome, (g) secondary interventions, (h) intraoperative blood transfusion, and (i) hospital length of stay among the studies in the meta-analysis. CI, Confidence interval; EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; M-H, Mantel-Haenszel; IV, inverse variance; SD, standard deviation. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013 58, 1091-1105DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2013.07.109) Copyright © 2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Scatterplot shows the relationship between year of publication of the studies in the meta-analysis and log odds ratio (OR) for mortality (random-effects meta-regression, P = .19). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013 58, 1091-1105DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2013.07.109) Copyright © 2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Forest plot shows comparison of adjusted in-hospital mortality among the studies in the meta-analysis. CI, Confidence interval; EVAR, endovascular aneurysm repair; IV, inverse variance; SE, standard error. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013 58, 1091-1105DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2013.07.109) Copyright © 2013 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions