The Journal of surgical research
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The aim of this study was to define whether veterans who survived repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) experienced late survival rates similar to those surviving repair of intact AAA. ⋯ In addition to higher postoperative mortality rates with ruptured AAA, mortality during follow-up for survivors of AAA repair was also greater for those who survived repair of ruptured AAA. The toll taken by ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms did not end in the immediate postoperative period.