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About 90% of SAH cases are caused by a ruptured IA [ 1 ] . Per-case mortality for ruptured IAs is about 30 to 50% and morbidity about 66% as opposed to about 2% mortality and 4% morbidity for elective surgery of unruptured IAs in asymptomatic low-risk patients [ 2 3 ] . Given the marked contrast between the outcomes of elective versus emergency surgery, the goal has to be identification and treatment of IAs prior to rupture.
And if there were, any elective late abortion--even by induction--would be wrong, though D and E and partial-birth abortion would seem especially cruel.
For veterans undergoing elective procedures, it may be that they lived far away from one of the 51 hospitals that performed CABS and/or PCI and elected to undergo procedures closer to their homes.
As a result, the authors suggested that after 32 weeks' gestation, the prospective risk for fetal death in these pregnancies might be eliminated by elective preterm delivery.
This study compared the outcomes of 30 patients who underwent elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.