Publications

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Publications supported by DIGG to Date

Behrendt, CA., Cotta, L., Adili, F. et al. Vascular surgery in Germany: A survey and database analysis by the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine. Vascular Surgery (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-024-01112-w

Behrendt, CA., Heckenkamp, J., Bergsträßer, A. et al. Recommendations for the advanced training of intensive care nurses in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Results of a modified Delphi method with experts. Surgery 95, 395–405 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-024-02066-1

Behrendt, CA., Cotta, L., Billing, A. et al. Vascular surgery care and hospital reform: Do we need a full survey? Vascular Surgery (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-024-01103-x

Behrendt, CA., Steinbauer, M., Hinterseher, I. et al. Modern vascular surgery registry research. Vascular Surgery (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-023-01015-2

Behrendt, CA., Larena-Avellaneda, A., Adili, F. et al. The issue of further training quotas for intensive care nurses. Vascular Surgery 28, 332–335 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-023-01032-1

Bischoff M, Meisenbacher K, Rother U, Cotta L, Böhner H, Storck M, Behrendt CA. Awareness of smoking cessation amongst German vascular surgeons. Vasa. 2024 Apr;53(2):129-134. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a001113. Epub 6 February 2024. PMID: 38319124.

Rother U, Dörr G, Malyar N, Müller OJ, Steinbauer M, Ito W, Cotta L, Espinola-Klein C, Heckenkamp J, Behrendt CA. How German vascular surgeons and angiologists judge walking exercise for patients with PAD. Vasa. 28 April 2023. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a001071.

Behrendt, CA., Larena-Avellaneda, A., Rother, U. et al. New paradigms in patient-centred therapy for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD)?. Vascular Surgery (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-023-01009-0

Epple J, Svidlova Y, Schmitz-Rixen T, Böckler D, Lingwal N, Grundmann RT; German Institute for Vascular Healthcare Research (DIGG) of the German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine. Long-Term Outcome of Intact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm After Endovascular or Open Repair. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 24 May 2023:15385744231178130. doi: 10.1177/15385744231178130.

Tan X, Jung G, Herrmann E, Derwich W, Grundmann R, Schmitz-Rixen T, Gray D. Sex difference in early mortality after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Jun;77(6):1658-1668.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2023.02.001.

Behrendt, CA., Heckenkamp, J., Trenner, M. et al. The Government Commission for Modern and Needs-Based Hospital Care and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms – Have We Missed a Substantive Discussion on Minimum Volumes and Quality Indicators? Vascular Surgery 28, 83–86 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-023-00975-9

Hatzl J, Behrendt CA, Schmitz-Rixen T, Grundmann RT, Steinbauer M, Böckler D, Uhl C; DIGG Investigators. Outcomes of endovascular repair of infrarenal penetrating aortic ulcers. Vasa. 2023 May;52(3):169-174. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a001060.

Schmitz-Rixen, T., Löffler, AK., Steinbauer, M. et al. Treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) 2020/2021. Vascular Surgery (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-023-00997-3

Li Y, Rother U, Rosenberg Y, Hinterseher I, Uhl C, Mylonas S, Grambow E, Gombert A, Busch A, Bresler A, Öz T, Görtz H, Pfister K, Dovzhanskiy D, Trenner M, Behrendt CA. A prospective survey study on the education and awareness about walking exercise amongst inpatients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in Germany. Vasa. 3 February 2023. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a001057.

Behrendt CA, Adili F, Böckler D, Cotta L, Görtz H, Heckenkamp J, Peter J, Schmandra T, Stojanovic T, Uhl C, Steinbauer M. The quality assurance and device register of the German Institute for Vascular Medicine Health Research (DGG) in the COVID-19 era, big data and artificial intelligence. Vascular Surgery. 2022;27(5):317-320. German. doi: 10.1007/s00772-022-00916-y. Epub 7 September 2022. PMID: 36090201; PMCID: PMC9450836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-022-00916-y

Jung G, Leinweber ME, Adili F, Schmitz-Rixen T. Care of vascular surgery patients during COVID-19: a Germany-wide survey. Vascular Surgery. 2022;27(4):274-281. German. doi: 10.1007/s00772-022-00871-8. Epub 2022 Mar 4. PMID: 35261484; PMCID: PMC8895360.

Ahmadzadeh YC, Schmitz-Rixen T, Böckler D, Grundmann RT. Case load and quality indicators in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Chirurg. 2021 Sep;92(9):830-837. German. doi: 10.1007/s00104-020-01303-7. PMID: 33095283; PMCID: PMC8384797.

Ettengruber A, Epple J, Schmitz-Rixen T, Böckler D, Grundmann RT; DIGG gGmbH. Long-term outcome and cancer incidence after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Langenbecks Arch Surg. 12 September 2022. doi: 10.1007/s00423-022-02670-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36094764.

Debus ES, Torsello G, Behrendt CA, Petersen J, Grundmann RT. Perioperative mortality following repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Germany: Comparison of routine data from DAK-Gesundheit with registry data from the DGG [Perioperative mortality following repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Germany: Comparison of routine data from DAK-Gesundheit with registry data from the German Vascular Society]. Chirurg. 2015 Nov;86(11):1041-50. German. doi: 10.1007/s00104-015-0087-8. PMID: 26394855.

Schmitz-Rixen, T., Steffen, M., Böckler, D. et al. Treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) 2019. Vascular Surgery 26, 41–48 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-020-00727-z

Schmitz-Rixen, T., Steffen, M., Böckler, D. et al. Treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) 2018. Vascular Surgery 25, 117–123 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-020-00619-2

Steffen, M., Schmitz-Rixen, T., Jung, G. et al. The DIGG risk score. Chirurg 90, 913–920 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00104-019-0968-3

Trenner, M., Haller, B., Söllner, H. et al. Twelve years of the quality assurance registry on ruptured and non-ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms of the German Vascular Society (DGG). Gefässchirurgie 20 (Suppl 1), 32–44 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-014-1401-3

Noppeney, T., Nüllen, H., Storck, M. et al. The DIGG varicose vein registry. Vascular Surgery 24, 44–52 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-018-0498-1

Torsello, G., Debus, E., Schmitz-Rixen, T. et al. Rationale, status and outlook of the DGG vascular registry studies. Vascular Surgery 20, 258–265 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-015-0039-0

Bisdas, T., Torsello, G., Stachmann, A. et al. Results of peripheral bypass surgery in patients with critical limb ischaemia. Vascular Surgery 21, 96–104 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-016-0116-z

Jung, G., Schmitz-Rixen, T., Grundmann, R.T. et al. POPART – a registry for the treatment of popliteal artery aneurysms. Vascular Surgery 23, 254–260 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-018-0377-9

Bisdas, T., Stachmann, A., Weiss, K. et al. National registry for first-line treatment strategies in patients with critical limb ischaemia (CRITISCH registry). Vascular Surgery 19, 135–140 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-014-1305-2