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Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are relatively common. Rupture of AAA can be one of the most dramatic acute surgical problems. It is associated with up to 80% mortality. A majority of patients die before reaching hospital. Timely diagnosis and expeditious operative treatment have the potential to reduce mortality rates; currently, patients able to reach the operating room have a 30% mortality rate (previously 50%).
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Spanos, C.P. (2021). Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. In: Acute Surgical Topics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68700-7_18
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