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Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease is a significant cause of mortality in the United States, accounting for over 15,000 deaths annually (Minino et al. 2002). Following FDA approval of commercial stent-graft systems for aortic repair in 1999, a significant proportion of infrarenal AAAs have been repaired using stent-grafts. Despite the popularity of endoluminal repair, traditional open repair remains the gold standard against which all other approaches must be compared.
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Geraghty, P., Sicard, G. (2009). Retroperitoneal Replacement of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. In: Lumley, J., Hoballah, J. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer Surgery Atlas Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68816-7_16
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