a Record control number WOS:000306530500015

a ISSN 1301-5680

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WO 18.2

b Item number .C66 2012

a Personal name Gunes, Tevfik.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title A comparison of open conventional and endovascular surgical therapies in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

c Statement of responsibility, etc Tevfik Gunes, Levent Yilik, Ufuk Yetkin, Ismail Yurekli, Barcin Ozcem, Serkan Yazman, Orhan Gokalp, Ali Gurbuz.

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Baycinar medical publisher,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2012.

a Summary, etc Background: In this study, we aimed to compare the outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair using conventional approach with synthetic graft and endovascular approach with stent graft (EVAR).Methods: Between August 2003 and November 2010, 150 patients (142 males, 8 females; mean age 67.4 years; range 36 to 86 years) who underwent conventional surgical therapy or EVAR due to AAA under elective conditions in our clinic were retrospectively analyzed. The ratio of early mortality, duration of surgery, loss of blood, requirement of transfusion, duration of mechanical ventilation, the length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), the length of hospital stay were recorded.Results: The mortality rate was found to be 9.3% in the patients undergoing conventional surgery, whereas the mortality rate was 1.9% in the patients undergoing EVAR (p<0.05). The mean amount of blood transfusion was 5.6 +/- 3.9 units in the patients undergoing conventional surgery, whereas it was 2.6 +/- 3.0 units in the patients undergoing EVAR. The mean duration of procedure, the mean duration of mechanical ventilation, the mean time in the ICU, the mean length of hospital stay were statistically significantly lower in the patients undergoing EVAR, compared to those undergoing conventional surgery.Conclusion: EVAR may be an effective treatment of choice with low mortality and morbidity rates for the patients who are elderly and are at high-risk for surgery and those who are anatomically suitable through the advances in graft technology.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Surgery

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Main entry heading Turk gogus kalp damar cerrahisi dergisi

a Main entry heading Turkish journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

g Relationship information JUL 2012, Vol 20 Issue 3, p515-523

x International Standard Serial Number 13015680

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.099