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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1646-706X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Angiol Cir Vasc]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1646-706X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1646-706X2022000100013</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.48750/acv.346</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Cirurgia aberta de aneurisma da aorta abdominal por internos de cirurgia vascular: à beira da extinção?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bento]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rita]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodrigues]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gonçalo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Camacho]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nelson]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Catarino]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Correia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vieira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garcia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rita]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pais]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fábio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ribeiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tiago]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cardoso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Joana]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferreira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rita]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gonçalves]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Frederico Bastos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ferreira]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maria Emília]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central Hospital de Santa Marta Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Lisbon ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ponta Delgada ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Medical School ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Portugal</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>13</fpage>
<lpage>16</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1646-706X2022000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1646-706X2022000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1646-706X2022000100013&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[Resumo  Introdução:  Nas últimas duas décadas, a abordagem de tratamento de aneurisma da aorta abdominal (AAA) mudou drasticamente de cirurgia aberta para cirurgia endovascular. A diminuição de cirurgia de AAA convencional , open aneurysm repair (OAR), levanta preocupações relativamente à competência dos futuros cirurgiões vasculares para executar este procedimento complexo e de alto risco. O principal objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar as tendências de tratamento de AAA entre internos de Cirurgia Vascular, ao longo de 15 anos, a nível nacional.  Métodos:  Identificação dos médicos que terminaram o internato de Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular entre 2002 e 2017, inclusive, a nível nacional e colheita dos dados através da consulta dos currículos para a prova final de conclusão do internato complementar. Foram avaliados o total de cirurgias por AAA, tanto por OAR e por EVAR e contabilizadas aquelas realizadas como 1º cirurgião. A correlação entre o número de cirurgias abertas de AAA e o ano de conclusão do internato complementar foi testada usando o coeficiente de correlação de Spearman.  Resultados:  Em Portugal, de 2002-2017, apesar de não se verificar variabilidade no número total de OAR realizados, verificou-se um decréscimo marcado naqueles realizados como 1º cirurgião (rho=-0,363; P&lt;0.02). No final do internato em 2007, um interno de Cirurgia Vascular realizava em média 15 casos de OAR e em 2007 a média foi de apenas 7 casos. Por outro lado, constatou-se um aumento marcado no número total de procedimentos de EVAR (rho=0,478; P&lt;0.02) bem como aqueles realizados como 1ºcirurgião (rho=0,540; P&lt;0.01).  Conclusão:  O presente estudo revela que os internos de Cirurgia Vascular, a nível nacional, se encontram expostos a progressivamente menos casos de OAR e verifica-se uma diminuição significativa nos procedimentos de OAR como 1º cirurgião.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Internato]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Cirurgia aberta]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Aneurisma da aorta abdominal]]></kwd>
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