Long-term survival after endovascular and open repair in patients with anatomy outside instructions for use criteria for endovascular aneurysm repair

Randomized controlled trials of long-term survival for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms have compared open surgical repair (OSR) with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) in patients with suitable aortic anatomy for EVAR. However, in clinical practice, patients who do not meet instructions for use (IFU) criteria are often still treated by EVAR despite that some studies show higher graft-related adverse events. The goal of this study was to compare the long-term survival of EVAR and OSR in patients with anatomy outside IFU criteria for EVAR.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - May 20, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Philippe Charbonneau, Kiattisak Hongku, Christine R. Herman, Mohammed Habib, Elie Girsowicz, Robert J. Doonan, Luc Dubois, Sajjid Hossain, Heather L. Gill, Kent S. Mackenzie, Jason P. Bayne, Daniel Obrand, Oren K. Steinmetz Source Type: research