Editor's Choice - Re-interventions After Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Report From the IMPROVE Randomised Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective/background

The aim was to describe the re-interventions after endovascular and open repair of rupture, and investigate whether these were associated with aortic morphology.

Methods

In total, 502 patients from the IMPROVE randomised trial (ISRCTN48334791) with repair of rupture were followed-up for re-interventions for at least 3 years. Pre-operative aortic morphology was assessed in a core laboratory. Re-interventions were described by time (0-90 days, 3 months-3 years) as arterial or laparotomy related, respectively, and ranked for severity by surgeons and patients separately. Rare re-interventions to 1 year, were summarised across three ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm trials (IMPROVE, AJAX, and ECAR) and odds ratios (OR) describing differences were pooled via

SUBMITTER: Powell JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967970 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature