Endovascular vs. Open Surgery of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in High-Risk Patients: A Single Center Experience

G. Iannelli; M. Monaco; L. Di Tommaso; F. Piscione; P. Stassano; P. P. Mainenti; S. Laurino; N. Spampinato

doi:10.1055/s-2005-837680

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005; 53(5): 291-294
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-837680

Original Cardiovascular

Endovascular vs. Open Surgery of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in High-Risk Patients: A Single Center Experience[1]

G. Iannelli¹ , M. Monaco¹ , L. Di Tommaso¹ , F. Piscione² , P. Stassano¹ , P. P. Mainenti³ , S. Laurino⁴ , N. Spampinato¹

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
²Department of Cardiology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
³Department of Radiology, University of Naples “Federico II” Naples, Italy
⁴Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Naples “Federico II” Naples, Italy

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Background: We compared two groups of high-risk patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm to assess the safety and efficacy of endovascular repair vs. open surgery. Methods: From January 1998 to July 2003, sixty-two high-risk patients were divided into two groups: group A consisted of 28 (46 %) open surgery patients and group B consisted of 34 (54 %) patients who underwent endovascular repair. Results: Four patients (14.3 %) in the open surgery group died, while no deaths occurred in the endovascular group (p < 0.05). There were 14 complications in 8 patients of the open surgery group versus 2 complications in 2 patients of the endovascular group (p = 0.01). At follow-up there were 4 (16.6 %) deaths in group A and 3 (8.8 %) in the endovascular group (p = n. s.). Conclusions: While the use of endovascular repair in patients who are physiologically fit for open surgical repair remains controversial, we believe that patients with multiple or advanced comorbidities, i.e. high-risk patients, can benefit from the endografting procedure.

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Abdominal aortic aneurysm - endovascular aortic repair - open aortic surgery

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1 Presented at the 10th Annual Cardiothoracic Technique - 13, 2004 Miami, FL, USA

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