European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
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Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg · Sep 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialLength of hospital stay following elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. U.K. Small Aneurysm Trial Participants.
To investigate factors associated with a prolonged hospital stay after elective open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. ⋯ Conditional logistic regression analysis identified only preoperative lung function (FEV1 and FVC) and physical functioning, three intrinsically linked factors, as predictors of length of hospital stay after elective repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.