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Grant SW, Sperrin M, Carlson E, Chinai N, Ntais D, Hamilton M, Dunn G, Buchan I, Davies L, McCollum CN. Calculating when elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair improves survival for individual patients: development of the Aneurysm Repair Decision Aid and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment 2015; 19(32)

To develop an Aneurysm Repair Decision Aid (ARDA) to indicate when elective AAA repair optimises survival for individual patients and to assess the cost-effectiveness and associated uncertainty of elective repair at the aneurysm diameter recommended by the ARDA compared with current practice.

The ARDA provides detailed information on the potential consequences of AAA repair or a decision not to repair that may be helpful to vascular surgeons and their patients in reaching informed decisions. Further research is required to reduce uncertainty about key data, including reintervention following AAA repair, and assess the acceptability and feasibility of the ARDA for use in routine clinical practice.

Subject indexing assigned by CRD

Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominals; Cost-Benefit Analysis

English

England

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19/05/2015