I have put the following tool to easily calculate the risk of performing AAA surgery, based on GAS, VBHOM, and vPOSSUM. I have also added a new self-designed interesting monogram, a rupture index tool, that I found fascinating in calculating the risk of rupture in patients with AAA.
AAA SCORE
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