Preoperative Methylprednisolone in Endovascular Aortic Repair

Summary

The purpose of this study is to attenuate the systemic inflammatory response after Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms, by administration of a single preoperative dosage of Methylprednisolone.

Timeline

Start

2009-10

Primary completion

2013-01

Completion

2013-04

Publications

• Results de la Motte L, Kehlet H, Vogt K, Nielsen CH, Groenvall JB, Nielsen HB, Andersen A, Schroeder TV, Lonn L. Preoperative methylprednisolone enhances recovery after endovascular aortic repair: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Ann Surg. 2014 Sep;260(3):540-8; discussion 548-9. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000895.

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