Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.55378/rv.46.2.1
Frequency of endoleaks after endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Ivan Božić
; Department of Health Sciences University of Split, Split, Croatia, Clinical Hospital Center Split
Tonći Batinić
; Department of Health Sciences University of Split, Split, Croatia, Clinical Hospital Center Split
Abstract
Nowadays, there are more and more advantages of endovascular treatments for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta compared to open surgical treatment. Endovascular procedure is less invasive and the mortality rate is significantly lower in contrast to open surgical treatment. One of the complications of endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm is the occurrence of permeability or endoleak. In this paper, we investigated the frequency and characteristics of endoleaks in patients treated endovascularly for the abdominal aortic aneurysm. Work methods are based on statistical data processing of 60 patients who were treated at the Clinical Department for diagnostic and interventional radiology, University Hospital Split. The data is collected from the archives of the mentioned clinical institute from patients who were treated in the period from January 2016 to May 2019. The analysis revealed that endoleak appeared in 63% of patients. The most common type of endoleak that occurred was endoleak type II. Reintervention related to endoleak was required in 4 patients. In most patients, endoleak type II gradually receded and did not require re-intervention. The average follow-up time of the patients analyzed in this study was 26 months. The average number of controls was 4. Endovascular treatment is a newer method of treatment and constant monitoring of the implanted stent-graft is required.
Keywords
abdominal aortic aneurysm, endovascular treatment, endoleak
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286199
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Publication date:
15.11.2022.
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