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Clinical Investigation and Reports

Endovascular Stent Grafting Versus Open Surgical Operation in Patients With Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms

A Propensity Score–Adjusted Analysis

Harald Teufelsbauer, MD; Alexander M. Prusa, MD; Klaus Wolff, MD; Peter Polterauer, MD; Josif Nanobashvili, MD; Manfred Prager, MD; Thomas Hölzenbein, MD; Siegfried Thurnher, MD; Johannes Lammer, MD; Michael Schemper, PhD; Georg Kretschmer, MD; Ihor Huk, MD

From the Department of Vascular Surgery (H.T., A.M.P., K.W., P.P., J.N., M.P., T.H., G.K., I.H.), Department of Interventional Radiology (S.T., J.L.), Department of Medical Computer Sciences (M.S.), and Ludwig Boltzmann Research Institute of Interdisciplinary Clinical Vascular Medicine (H.T., P.P., G.K., I.H.), University of Vienna–Medical School, Vienna, Austria.

Correspondence to H. Teufelsbauer, MD, Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Vienna–Medical School, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna, Austria. E-mail alexanderprusa{at}hotmail.com

Background— Although transfemoral endovascular aneurysm management (TEAM) of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is widely performed, open graft replacement is still considered the standard of care. The aim of this study was to investigate whether clear indications for TEAM can be established in patients with significant comorbidities without investigating differences in relative procedure efficacy or durability.

Methods and Results— A propensity score–based analysis of 454 consecutive patients treated electively for AAA from January 1995 through December 2000 was performed. Of those 454 patients, 248 received open surgery and 206 received TEAM. In-hospital mortality rates (MRs) were compared. After adjusting for propensity scores, a Cox proportional hazard model (COX) was employed to test the influence of the respective treatment on postoperative 900-day survival estimates (SEs). Several potential preoperative risk factors were used as covariates. The MR of all patients was 3.7%. Explorative analysis demonstrated that patients treated by TEAM presented with significantly more risk factors. In American Society of Anesthesiologists class IV patients, a significant difference in MR was detected (4.7% for TEAM versus 19.2% for open surgery; P<0.02). After adjusting for the propensity to receive TEAM or open surgery, a regression analysis of survival based on COX revealed predictive influences of impaired kidney (P<0.047) or pulmonary function (P<0.001), increased age (P<0.05), and selection of treatment modality (P<0.002) on SE.

Conclusions— TEAM represents a less invasive procedure for AAA therapy in patients with significant preoperative risk factors. Especially in geriatric patients with multiple morbidities, TEAM offers a method of therapy with acceptable MRs and SEs, making active treatment possible in otherwise incurable patients.

Key Words: aorta • aneurysm • stents • risk factors • mortality

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