Age stratified, perioperative, and one-year mortality after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a statewide experience.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the in-hospital, 30-day, and 365-day mortality for the open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), when stratified by age, in the general population. Age stratification could provide clinicians with information more applicable to an individual patient than overall mortality figures.

Methods: In a retrospective analysis, data were obtained from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) for the years 1995 to 1999.

Thirty-day mortality statistics underestimate the risk of repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a statewide experience.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the 30-day and 365-day mortality for the repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAA), when stratified by age, in the general population. These data provide clinicians with information more applicable to an individual patient than mortality figures from a single institutional series.

Methods: Data were obtained from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) for the years 1991 to 2002.

Colorectal cancer: epidemiology, risk factors, and health services.

Colorectal carcinoma is the third most common cancer in the United States in both men and women but still remains the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The risk of developing colorectal cancer increases with age. Additional risk factors include family history of colorectal cancer, heredity conditions such as polyposis and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, and personal history of inflammatory bowel disease, polyps, and cancers.