Effect of Endovascular Treatment Rate on Population Level Outcomes and Survival After Intact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Objectives: The aim was to study outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and open surgical repair (OSR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in four geographically adjacent populations with identical demographics and variable EVAR rates.

Methods: This was a multicentre cohort study based on local and national registry data from an area of 815 000 inhabitants. The study involved 527 consecutive patients with an intact AAA treated with EVAR (n = 327) or OSR (n = 200) between 2010 and 2016.

Genes involved in systemic and arterial bed dependent atherosclerosis--Tampere Vascular study.

Background: Atherosclerosis is a complex disease with hundreds of genes influencing its progression. In addition, the phenotype of the disease varies significantly depending on the arterial bed.

Methodology/principal Findings: We characterized the genes generally involved in human advanced atherosclerotic (AHA type V-VI) plaques in carotid and femoral arteries as well as aortas from 24 subjects of Tampere Vascular study and compared the results to non-atherosclerotic internal thoracic arteries (n=6) using genome-wide expression array and QRT-PCR.

Supplemental postoperative oxygen in the prevention of surgical wound infection after lower limb vascular surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Surgical wound infection (SWI) is a common complication after peripheral vascular surgery. Infections increase morbidity and costs of treatment. The aim of the present study was to test the hypothesis that supplemental postoperative oxygen decreases the incidence of SWI after lower limb revascularization.

Surgical wound infections after vascular surgery: prospective multicenter observational study.

Background And Aims: this multicenter prospective observational study defined the incidence and risk factors of surgical wound infections (SWI) after infrarenal aortic and lower limb vascular surgery procedures and evaluated the severity and costs of these infections.

Methods: the study cohort comprised of 184 consecutive patients. Postoperative complications were recorded.

Nonoperative approach to endotension.

Objective: The necessity of operative treatment of endotension after endovascular grafting of abdominal aortic aneurysms (endovascular aneurysm repair; EVAR) is under debate. The proposed causes of endotension and related treatment protocols are controversial. We report the outcome of a nonoperative approach to five patients with endotension after EVAR.