Endovascular aneurysm repair patients who are lost to follow-up have worse outcomes

True outcomes for patients on antiretroviral therapy who are "lost to follow-up" in Malawi.

PROBLEM In many resource-poor countries that are scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART), 5-25% of patients are reported as "lost to follow-up". This figure is 9% in Malawi. There is no published information about the true outcome status of these patients. APPROACH In four facilities in northern Malawi, ART registers and master cards were used to identify patients who had not attended the fac...

Follow-up Surveillance After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Less Is More?

Why Are Spine Surgery Patients Lost to Follow-up?

Long-term outcome studies are frequently hindered by a decreasing frequency of patient follow-up with the treating surgeon over time. Whether this attrition represents a "loss of faith" in their index surgeon or the realities of a geographically mobile society has never been assessed in a population of patients undergoing spinal surgery. The purpose of this article is to determine the frequency...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: long-term follow-up of endovascular versus open repair

INTRODUCTION To compare early and long-term outcomes of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) versus open repair (OPEN). DESIGN Prospective observational, per protocol, non-randomized, with retrospective analyses. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 2000 and 2005, a total of 311 patients having EVAR or OPEN repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms were identified and included...

Eight-year follow-up of endovascular repair of a brachiocephalic trunk aneurysm due to Takayasu's arteritis.

Aneurysms of the brachiocephalic trunk are rare but their clinical outcomes are potentially devastating; they include rupture, cerebral or arm ischemia secondary to thromboembolism, and compression of the surrounding structures. Although open repair has proven successful, it is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. Endovascular treatment, if anatomically feasible, may offer...