Postoperative surveillance and long-term outcome after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair in the Netherlands: study protocol for the retrospective ODYSSEUS study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Strict imaging surveillance protocols to detect complications following endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) are common practice. However, controversy exists as to whether all EVAR patients need intense surveillance. The 2019 European Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines for management of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) suggest that patients may be considered for limited follow-up with imaging if classified as 'low risk' for complications based on their initial postoperative imaging. The current study aims to investigate the intervention-free survival and overall survival stratified for patients with and without yearly imaging surveillance.

Methods and analysis

The Observing a Decade of Yearly Standardised Surveillance in EVAR patients with Ultrasound or CT Sc

SUBMITTER: Geraedts ACM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045090 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature