Delayed open conversions after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, Raymond Eid, MD, Taeyoung Park, PhD, Robert Y. Rhee, MD, Ghassan Abu-Hamad, MD, Edith Tzeng, MD, Michel S. Makaroun, MD, Jae-Sung Cho, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 55, Issue 6, Pages 1562-1569.e1 (June 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.12.007 Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 The number of open conversions (OC) performed over a decade. The OC rate was calculated as a percentage of total endovascular aneurysm repairs (EVARs) performed during a 2-year period as follows: OC rate = number of OC/total number of EVARs. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 55, 1562-1569.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.12.007) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier estimate of survival after elective (solid line) and nonelective (dashed line) open conversions. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 55, 1562-1569.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2011.12.007) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions