Should patients with challenging anatomy be offered endovascular aneurysm repair?
Should patients with challenging anatomy be offered endovascular aneurysm repair?
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DOI:
10.1016/s0741-5214(03)00896-6
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发表时间:
2003-11-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Ouriel, K
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作者:
Greenberg, RK;Clair, D;Ouriel, K
Objectives. Treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm is controversial in patients at high physiologic risk for open repair and high anatomic risk for endovascular repair. We compared outcome in patients at high risk because of anatomy (short or angulated neck), severe occlusive disease, or bilateral iliac aneurysms (group A) with outcome in patients at low risk (group B).Material and methods: Patients at high anatomic risk who underwent treatment between October 1998 and March 2002 with the Zenith endovascular graft (group A) were compared with patients at low anatomic risk enrolled in a prospective multicenter trial (group B). Variables compared included overall mortality, need for secondary interventions, development of endoleak, and change in aneurysm sac diameter. The chi(2) test, Student t test, and proportions analysis were used to assess the data.Results: Data for 493 patients (group A, 141; group B, 352) were evaluated. Mean follow-up was 9 months (range, 1-24 months). Perioperative mortality was similar for groups A and B (0.7% vs 1%). Frequency of endoleak was higher in patients with high-risk anatomy (25% vs 11%), but not significantly so (P >.06). The rate of aneurysm shrinkage, even in the absence of endoleak, was slower in group A (P