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Single centre experience with Excluder® stent graft; 17-year outcome Cover

Single centre experience with Excluder® stent graft; 17-year outcome

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|Apr 2022

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Figure 1

(A) Long-term survival; (B) survival without secondary procedure with subdivision according to the type of secondary procedure.
(A) Long-term survival; (B) survival without secondary procedure with subdivision according to the type of secondary procedure.

Secondary procedures

Type of treatment Number of patients treatedTime form EVAR to treatment (months)
Stent graft extension14 (11.4 %)31.8 ± 35.7
Interventional procedureTranslumbar embolisation sac13 (10.6 %)60.2 ± 35.6
Thrombolysis of iliac limb3 (2.4 %)1.9 ± 1.4
4 aortobifemoral bypass
Surgery1 thrombectomy7 (5.7 %)48.5 ± 47.9
2 hemicolectomy

Comorbidities in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm

ComorbidityNumber of patients
Hypertension103 (83.7%)
Dyslipidemia70 (56.9%)
History of smoking57 (46.3%)
PAOD32 (26.0%)
History of MI17 (13.8%)
Diabetes mellitus16 (13.0%)
Carotid disease11 (8.9%)
History of CABG9 (7.3%)
History of CVI/TIA6 (4.9%)

Brief presentation of patients with retrieved I71_3 ICD codes from the National Institute of Public Health and assigned code after revision

Patient No.Time after EVARReported HistoryRetrieved ICD-10 CodeICD-10 Code after Revision
151 monthsRupture of AAA and unsuccessful aortobifemoral bypassI71.3I71.3
22 daysRupture of AAA after EVARI71.3I71.3
372.5 monthsRupture of AAA and unsuccessful resuscitationI71.3I71.3
416.5 monthsSuccumbed to high fever due to prolonged and unsuccessful treatment of spondylodiscitis; graft showed imaging findings consistent with infectionI71.3M46.4
550.1 monthsAAA rupture and placement of proximal extension cuff; 2 months after secondary procedure AAA rupture and exsanguination to peritoneal cavityI71.3I71.3
61.5 monthsSuccumbed to nosocomial pneumonia and sepsisI71.3J18.9
7117.4 monthsGraft extension 36.7 months after EVAR; 64.2 months after EVAR control CT scanI71.3I71.3
83.4 months1.2 months after EVAR CTA scan and right stent graft limb lysis; additional 2.2 months later sudden severe abdominal pain and unsuccessful resuscitationI71.3I71.3
918,9 monthsCardiorespiratory arrest, no history of abdominal pain.I71.3I46.9
102 monthsSuccumbed to sepsis due to septic arthritis, CT and scintigraphy excluded stent graft infectionI71.3M00.8
1121.9 months11.4 months after EVAR leak type 2 on control CT scanI71.3I71.3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2022-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 156 - 163
Submitted on: Dec 19, 2021
Accepted on: Feb 16, 2022
Published on: Apr 13, 2022
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

© 2022 Ziga Snoj, Tjasa Tomazin, Vladka Salapura, Dimitrij Kuhelj, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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