Obesity is Not an Independent Factor for Adverse Outcome after Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing, and its impact on the outcome of open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair remains unclear, particularly in the European population. We herein assessed the impact of obesity on the postoperative course for both techniques.

Methods: From a database that consecutively collects all patients undergoing AAA repair; we selected all patients undergoing elective surgery for open or endovascular AAA repair, between January 2003 and December 2011.

[Antibodies against hepatitis B virus core antigen among blood donors].

The prevalence of antibodies to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) core antigen (anti-HBc) and the risk factors are evaluated in different blood donor groups. In 1998, on 12,456 first donations, 163 (1.31%) were positive with the two anti-HBc screening tests.