The Turkish Journal of Vascular Surgery
Yazarlar: Orhan FINDIK, Özgür BARIŞ, Çağrı DÜZYOL, Hakan PARLAR, Ufuk AYDIN, Canan BALCI, L. Ahmet ORHAN, Atike TEKELİ KUNT, Uğur KOÇOĞULLARI
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Anahtar Kelimeler:Abdominal aortic aneurysm; thoracic aortic aneurysm; endovascular procedures
Özet: Objective: In this study, the early results of endovascular interventions for thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms performed in our clinic were evaluated. Material and Methods: Patients who were implanted endovascular stent grafts between April 2013 and July 2014 were analyzed retrospectively. Computerized tomography, coronary and peripheral angiographies were performed in all patients. Taking the probability of need for an open surgery into account, all detailed laboratory studies were done. All patients were consulted to Anesthesiology clinic for an endovascular procedure. Results: We performed endovascular procedures in 19 patients (17 endovascular aneurysm repairs, 2 endovascular aneurysm repairs+thoracic endovascular aortic/aneurysm repairs) in a period of 15 months. First 13 patients were operated in the angiography unit, and the rest were operated in the hybrid operating room. Endoleak was found in 6 patients perioperatively, but there was no endoleak at the end of procedure in 5 of those patients. One patient was found not to have endoleak in the first postoperative month. One patient was operated for femorofemoral bypass, and the other was operated for femoral endarterectomy and distal arterial embolectomy at the end of the procedure. One patient with hypovolemic shock and operated emergently died intraoperatively. Mean follow up period was 14.5 months (range 6 - 22 months). Conclusion: As a newly founded clinic, we find the early term results of our endovascular interventions promising for the future. We think that, performing endovascular interventions in a hybrid environment is safer and more comfortable both regarding the probability of conversion into an open procedure and for possible complications of the procedure.