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The decision to operate on an abdominal aortic aneurysm is made on consideration of two factors: the size of the aneurysm and the fitness of the patient. If an aneurysm ruptures, the community mortality rate is in the region of 90%. If the patient reaches hospital and has an operation, the mortality rate is around 50%. If, however, the operation is elective and the aneurysm is intact, the operative mortality rate should be under 5%.
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Mansfield, A.O. (1994). Abdominal aortic aneurysm resection. In: Jamieson, C.W., Yao, J.S.T. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6854-8_19
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