Endovascular repair versus open repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Objective: Randomized comparison of endovascular repair (EVAR) with open repair (OR) in patients with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA).

Background: Despite advances in operative technique and perioperative management RAAA remains fraught with a high rate of death and complications. Outcome may improve with a minimally invasive surgical technique: EVAR.