Increasing Incidence of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Germany in the Endovascular Era: Secondary Data Analysis of the Nationwide German DRG Microdata

摘要

Objectives: Nationwide population based data on epidemiology and surgical treatment of descending thoracic aortic (DTA) aneurysms are not available for Germany. The aim was to assess the in hospital incidence, and to report outcomes of patients who received surgical treatment.