The Italian Multicentre Registry of Fenestrated Anaconda™ Endografts for Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Repair.

Objective: The aim was to describe the outcomes of the Anaconda™ Fenestrated endograft Italian Registry for complex aortic aneurysms (AAAs), unsuitable for standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

Methods: Between 2012 and 2018 patients with a proximal neck unsuitable for standard EVAR, treated with the fenestrated Anaconda™ endograft, were prospectively enrolled in a dedicated database. Endpoints were peri-operative technical success (TS) and evaluation of type Ia/b or 3 endoleaks (T1/3 EL), target visceral vessel (TVV) occlusion, re-interventions, and AAA related mortality at 30 days, six months, and later follow up.

Recurrent residual or progressive varicose veins: postoperative long term follow-up of 353 patients.

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the postoperative incidence of recurrent varicose veins (vv) and the possibility to differentiate the different types of recurrence.

Material Of Study: Patients who underwent surgery for saphenofemoral junction (SFJ) incompetence, great saphenous vein (GSV) varicosity and at least one perforator incompetence and varicosity of tributaries between January 1998 and December 2003 were selected for the study. Surgery consisted in SFJ flush ligation, GSV stripping, perforator vein ligature, and phlebectomies.

Endovascular repair of a paraanastomotic aneurysm with inverted limb infrarenal bifurcated graft.

A typical complication after conventional aortic prosthetic reconstruction is paraanastomotic aneurysm formation. Endovascular exclusion of paraanastomotic aneurysms has been shown to be a viable alternative to open surgical repair and to greatly reduce morbidity and mortality rates. We present a case report of asymptomatic proximal anastomotic pseudoaneurysm, measuring 4.

Endovascular treatment of a left subclavian pseudoaneurysm induced by ingestion of a foreign body.

Subclavian artery-esophageal fistula is a life-threatening entity. It usually occurs in cases of an aberrant right subclavian artery. A fistula between a non-aberrant subclavian artery and esophagus is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose.

Does routine completion angiogram during embolectomy for acute upper-limb ischemia improve outcomes?

Background: Since 1963, Fogarty balloon catheter thromboembolectomy is usually adopted as the gold standard treatment for acute limb ischemia. As the success of the procedure depends on complete removal of all thromboembolic material, intraoperative arteriography can be used after arterial thromboembolectomy as a guide for extension of the procedure. It is still a matter of debate whether intraoperative angiography should be routinely performed in all cases or only in selected cases, depending on intraoperative findings, when the surgeon suspects an incomplete disobstruction.

The posterior approach in the treatment of popliteal artery aneurysm: feasibility and analysis of outcome.

Background: This review evaluates the results of our 18-year experience with surgical treatment of popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs), examining the effects of the variables of clinical presentations, surgical technique, graft material, and runoff on operative results in the management of popliteal aneurysms.

Methods: We reviewed 49 PAAs consecutively repaired in 35 patients. We preferentially use, if possible, the posterior approach for repair of popliteal aneurysms.

Routine versus selective use of intraoperative angiography during thromboembolectomy for acute lower limb ischemia: analysis of outcomes.

Background: The success of thromboembolectomy for acute lower limb ischemia depends on the complete removal of all thromboembolic material accessible to the Fogarty catheter. Intraoperative arteriography can be used during arterial thromboembolectomy as a guide for extension of procedure to ensure complete clearance of the arterial tree and distal patency. However, it is still matter of debate if intraoperative angiography should be routinely performed in all cases or only in selected cases, depending on intraoperative findings, when the surgeon suspects an incomplete desobstruction.

[Leg ulcer: proposal of a new method for comparing different wound dressings].

The study proposes a new method for measuring peripheral trophic lesions (leg ulcers) of the same patient medicated with different type of dressing, avoiding errors of evaluation due to comparing different patients who generally present different concomitant pathologies and aetiologies wigh are hard to compare. We studied the wound care of 11 patients with leg ulcers. Half of the ulceration was treated with a traditional dressing (group A) and the other half with a more advanced type of dressing (group B).

Twelve-month self-reported quality of life after retropubic radical prostatectomy: a prospective study with Rand 36-Item Health Survey (Short Form-36).

Objectives: To evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients undergoing retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) for clinically localized prostate cancer.

Patients And Methods: From February 2002 to September 2003 all patients undergoing RRP in our department were invited to participate in the study; the data from 75 of them comprised the present analysis. For evaluating HRQoL the RAND 36-Item Health Survey (SF-36) was used.