Prophylactic prosthetic wrapping for vascular anastomosis in patients with Beh çet's aortic aneurysms: an experience from a resource-challenged setting.

CONCLUSIONS: Prophylactic prosthetic wrapping of vascular anastomosis in patients with Behçet's AAA in resource-challenged settings, where the proximal anastomoses were all end-to- end with wrapping, is an affordable, simple, reliable, and feasible technique, and commonly associated with a lower incidence of anastomotic site false aneurysms and different complications related to the implanted graft, where endovascular procedures might not be applicable. Moreover, the proper preoperative medical preparation for controlling the activity of Behçet's disease, with the administration of immunosuppressive agents, followed by immediate postoperative therapy, may have a good impact on the operative technical success and theprevention of the development of serious postoperative complications; especially anastomotic pseudoaneurysms (which may be complicated by fatal hemorrhage), as well as other graft-related complications. PMID: 31580038 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Angiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Angiol Source Type: research