Background: The purpose of this study was to determine the initial and midterm results for repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic diseases using handmade stent-grafts (SGs).
Methods And Results: Between 1999 and 2004, 41 consecutive patients (31 patients with thoracic and 10 patients with abdominal aortic disease) underwent endovascular stent-graft repair using handmade SGs. The follow-up averaged 24.8+/-17.6 months. The technical and initial clinical success rates were 82.9% (34/41) and 80.5% (33/41), respectively. Primary type I or III endoleaks occurred in 12.2% (5/41) of the patients. The hospital mortality rate was 4.9% (2/41). Persistent type I or III endoleaks occurred in 9.8% (4/41) and SG migrations occurred in 4.9% (2/41) of the patients. Open surgical conversion was undertaken in 12.2% (5/41) of the patients because of an endoleak and/or migration. The mean change observed in the aneurysm diameter was -6.2+/-10.5 mm, and shrinkage in the diameter occurred in 51.4% (18/35) of the cases. There was 1 patient death because of aneurysm rupture. Neither stent fracture nor graft hole was observed. The overall clinical success rate during follow-up was 78.0% (32/41).
Conclusion: The initial and midterm results obtained after repair of the aortic diseases using handmade SGs were considered to be satisfactory. More surgical experience and long-term patient follow-up are both required to further reassess the effect of this treatment.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1253/circj.70.726 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Short and mid-term research priorities for Veterans with multiple sclerosis: A modified Delphi process engaging Veterans, researchers, and operational partners.
Mult Scler Relat Disord
January 2025
Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence West, Veterans Affairs, USA; Rehabilitation Care Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, Washington, 98108, USA; Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, 325 9th Avenue, Seattle, Washington, 98104, USA. Electronic address:
Background/objective: Identifying research priorities of Veterans, MS researchers, and key stakeholders is critical to advance high-quality, evidence-based, and Veteran-specific MS care.
Methods: We used a modified Delphi approach to identify research priorities for Veterans with MS. Electronic surveys were distributed to Veterans with MS (n = 50,975), MS researchers (n = 191), VA healthcare providers (1,337), and funding agency representatives (n = 6) asking about their 2-3 most important research questions that would benefit Veterans with MS for researchers to answer in the next 5-10 years.
Higher Rate of Reinterventions After Transfemoral Carotid Artery Stenting in Symptomatic Patients: A Retrospective Stroke Center's Cohort Study between 2015-2024.
Ann Vasc Surg
January 2025
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL. Electronic address:
Introduction: Carotid artery stenosis is a significant contributor to ischemic strokes, and its surgical management includes carotid artery endarterectomy (CEA), transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TF-CAS), and trans carotid artery revascularization (TCAR). CEA has traditionally been preferred, but TF-CAS and TCAR are also excellent alternative options if the anatomy of the vessels allows them. This study reports our short- and mid-term outcomes after carotid artery revascularization in symptomatic patients at a stroke center.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOutcomes of Suction Debulking and Surgery in Patients With Isolated Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis.
Innovations (Phila)
January 2025
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Objective: Percutaneous vegetation debulking has been reported to treat tricuspid valve infective endocarditis (TVIE), but data on feasibility compared with conventional surgical strategies are limited. We aimed to compare short-term outcomes of suction debulking with partial venovenous bypass to conventional open surgery in this population.
Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective study that included all patients with isolated TVIE who underwent suction debulking with partial venovenous bypass or tricuspid valve surgery between January 2010 and December 2022.
Mini-crush or Nano-crush Stenting Technique for Complex Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: The Multicenter MINANO Registry.
Can J Cardiol
January 2025
Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Background: This multicenter study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the mid-term clinical outcomes of mini-crush (MCT) and nano-crush (NCT) techniques in patients with complex bifurcation lesions (CBLs).
Methods: The study comprised 431 patients [male: 318 (73.8%), mean age: 60.
Vaginal infiltration for relief of neuropathic pain after sacrospinous hysteropexy: First successful mid-term report.
Medwave
January 2025
Unidad de Ginecología, Hospital El Carmen Dr. Luis Valentín Ferrada, Santiago, Camino Rinconada 1202 Maipú, 9274443, Chile.
Female genital prolapse, especially apical prolapse, significantly affects women's health and quality of life. Sacrospinous hysteropexy is a widely used surgical procedure to address this condition, presenting few postoperative complications. However, one of the reported complications is neuropathic pain resulting from damage to the branches of the pudendal nerve.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!