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  • SAF7: How does the safety profile of the technology vary between different kind of Screening programmes?
Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening
C0060
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How does the safety profile of the technology vary between different kind of Screening programmes?

Authors: Iñaki Imaz, Sonia García-Pérez, Jesús González-Enríquez, Javiera Valdés, Andrés Fernández-Ramos, Carmen Bouza, Antonio Sarría-Santamera

Internal reviewers: Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Mirjana Huic, Aurora Llanos, Ingvil Sæterdal

Specific evidence that determines the influence of the type of AAA screening on safety were not identified. However, attendance rate could influence the outcomes of AAA screening. More information on the differences between AAA screening programmes depending on attendance rate is available in the result cards RC-CUR23 and RC-ORG5.

Hospital volume, surgeon volume, and surgeon´s specialisation in vascular surgery has been found highly associated with mortality when an AAA is detected and repaired {37}, which makes advisable that both, open and endovascular repair of intact AAA be performed by high volume hospitals and high volume surgeons. More information regarding volume-outcome relationship is in the result card RC-SAF4.

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Imaz I et al. Result Card SAF7 In: Imaz I et al. Safety In: Jefferson T, Vicari N, Frønsdal K [eds.]. Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Screening [Core HTA], Agenzia nationale per i servizi sanitari regionali (age.na.s), Italy; 2013. [cited 28 May 2023]. Available from: http://corehta.info/ViewCover.aspx?id=106

References

  • {37}  Couto E, Duffy SW, Ashton HA, Walker NM, Myles JP, Scott RA et al. Probabilities of progression of aortic aneurysms: estimates and implications for screening policy. J Med Screen 2002; 9(1):40-42.