Endovascular Versus Open Repair for Asymptomatic Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A 12-Year Retrospective Cohort Analysis.

Background: Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has become increasingly prevalent for treating asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). This study compares the early and late outcomes between EVAR and open aneurysm repair (OAR) in asymptomatic AAA patients.

Methods: A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted involving 564 patients (445 EVAR and 119 OAR) who underwent AAA repair from January 2010 to January 2022.

A 10-Year Retrospective Comparison of Endovascular and Open Aneurysm Repair for Infective Native Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.

Background: This study compared outcomes of endovascular (EVAR) and open aneurysm repair (OAR) in patients with infective native abdominal aortic aneurysms (INAAAs), evaluating perioperative and in-hospital mortality, antibiotic treatment duration, complications, overall survival rates, and reintervention-free times at 10 years.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of 125 INAAA patients (80 EVAR, 45 OAR) diagnosed between January 2004 and December 2019 was conducted. Patients were categorized as fit or unfit for open surgery based on cardiac, respiratory, and renal status, following the guidelines established in the EVAR-1 and EVAR-2 trials.

Long-term clinical outcomes of arterial bypass and the factors independently associated with the primary patency in patients with suprainguinal arterial occlusion.

Introduction: Aortoiliac occlusive disease and iliofemoral occlusion are impact patient quality of life, cause limb loss and mortality. The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term clinical outcomes of arterial bypass, and the factors associated with the outcomes.

Method: This retrospective chart/image review included all types of arterial bypass procedures performed for suprainguinal arterial occlusion during January 2004 to December 2017.

Navigating Challenges in the Endovascular Treatment of Asymptomatic Aortoiliac Aneurysms: A 10-Year Comparative Analysis.

Background: Treating an abdominal aortoiliac aneurysm (AAIA) with endovascular methods can be challenging when the internal iliac artery (IIA) is involved. Embolizing the IIA and extending the limb to the external iliac artery (IIAE + EE) to prevent a type 2 endoleak may lead to pelvic ischemic complications. To avoid these complications, strategies that preserve the IIA, such as the bell-bottom technique (BBT) and the iliac branch device (IBD), have been proposed.

The quality and quantity media-cultured mononuclear cell transplantation is safe and effective in ischemic hindlimb mouse model.

Objective: This study was conducted to investigate in vitro proangiogenic and anti-inflammatory phenotypes and functions and the in vivo efficacy and safety of quality and quantity (QQ) media-cultured mononuclear cells (MNCs) compared with standard cultured MNCs from the peripheral blood of patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) with atherosclerotic risk factors.

Methods: Peripheral blood MNCs (PBMNCs) from patients with CLTI were cultured in QQ culture media or standard culture media. Phenotypic analysis of progenitor cells (CD34CD133), M2 macrophages (CD206), and inactivated T regulatory cells (CD4CD25CD127), colony-forming assay, and tube formation assay of QQ media-cultured MNCs (QQMNCs) and PBMNCs, were conducted.