The Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery
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Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is a new minimally invasive method of aneurysm exclusion that has been adopted with increasing enthusiasm, and with acceptable clinical results. It is important, however, to assess new health-care technologies in terms of their economic as well as their clinical impact. The aim of the present study was to compare the total treatment costs for endovascular (EVR) and open surgical repair (OSR) for AAA. ⋯ Treatment costs for endovascular repair are higher than conventional surgical repair due to the cost of the vascular prosthesis and the greater requirement for radiological imaging studies.