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      Impact of the introduction of endovascular aneurysm repair in high-risk patients on our practice of elective treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms.

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          The aim of this work was to evaluate, in terms of activity and immediate postoperative results, the modifications of our elective surgical treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) resulting from the use of stent grafts to treat AAAs, following the recommendations issued by the French Health Products Safety Agency (AFSSAPS) in December 2003. This monocentric and retrospective study used the clinical data of patients operated on for asymptomatic AAA between January 2001 and December 2006. Endovascular treatment of AAAs with aortic stent grafts was introduced in our current practice in January 2004, following the recommendations of the AFSSAPS (high-risk patients for open surgery presenting with an AAA > or =50 mm). Group I was composed of patients operated on between January 2001 and December 2003 according to the standard open technique. Group II was composed of patients operated on between January 2004 and December 2006 with either standard open surgery or endovascular surgery. The main criteria of evaluation were the number of operated patients, their American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) score of surgical risk, and the intrahospital morbidity and mortality. The number of treated patients significantly increased between these two periods (group I n = 49, group II n = 88, with 38 endovascular treatments; p < 0.001), without any changes in average age (70 vs. 72 years), percentage of men (93.7% vs. 95.5%), and mean AAA size (57.8 vs. 56 mm) between the two groups. ASA scores were significantly higher in group II (ASA III and IV, group I = 20.4% vs. group II = 55.7%; p < 0.0001), whereas the intrahospital mortality rate (4.1% vs. 3.4%) and the rate of major postoperative complications (16.3% vs. 11%) have remained stable. In group II, the median duration of hospitalization was significantly reduced (12 vs. 9 days, p < 0.001). In conclusion, in our center, following the AFSSAPS recommendations, the introduction of endovascular treatment has enabled us to electively treat a greater number of AAA patients with higher surgical risk, without aggravating the immediate postoperative results.

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          Journal
          Ann Vasc Surg
          Annals of vascular surgery
          1615-5947
          0890-5096
          Nov 2008
          : 22
          : 6
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Thoracique et Transplantation Pulmonaire, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France. jean-marc.alsac@bch.aphp.fr
          Article
          S0890-5096(08)00258-6
          10.1016/j.avsg.2008.03.007
          18804949
          67f02063-3e9e-4ba7-b154-37802a8b91b3
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