Mid-term Survival and Costs of Treatment of Patients with Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms; Endovascular vs. Open Repair: a Case-control Study

These retrospective data suggest that endografting of descending thoracic aneurysms can be performed with less peri-operative morbidity, at lower hospital costs, but with equal mid-term life expectancy, compared with open grafting.