AbstractsMedical & Health Science

Optimizing Personalized Management and Cost-Effectiveness in Vascular Surgery

by W. Hogendoorn




Institution: Universiteit Utrecht
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Year: 2014
Keywords: Geneeskunde; Vascular Sugery; Endovascular; Cost-effectiveness; TEVAR
Record ID: 1262860
Full text PDF: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/299419


Abstract

The general aim of the studies described in this thesis is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and to select the preferred treatment for different clinical patient groups for several vascular surgical diseases by means of decision analysis. This thesis consists of 2 parts. In PART 1, several new endovascular techniques and devices are described. In PART 2 of this thesis, the cost-effectiveness and the most effective treatment options for several vascular surgical diseases are evaluated using decision analysis.