A Dedicated Surveillance Program Improves Compliance with Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Follow-up

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Jade CohenJessica M Titus

Abstract

Current recommendations suggest lifetime follow-up for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) patients to avoid consequences associated with endoleak and aneurysm enlargement. Follow-up compliance has been reported between 43% and 92%, with most single-center studies citing successful follow-up surveillance at less than 60%. We investigated follow-up completeness with a defined surveillance program and subsequent secondary intervention prevalence from a single center. Our surveillance program notified patients of the need for follow-up imaging and surgeon review. Data were obtained from retrospective review of a prospective database, including operative and follow-up details, follow-up imaging completeness, endoleak incidence, and secondary intervention prevalence. Five hundred seventeen patients received elective EVAR from 2005 to 2015. Surveillance was achieved in 425 (82.3%). Mean number of follow-up studies was 4.2 ± 2.9 and median time to first follow-up was 36 days. Four hundred forty-eight patients (86.7%) had freedom from intervention. Sixty-nine unique patients (13.3%) had 107 secondary interventions. Median time to first secondary intervention in 69 patients was 476 days. Mean number of imaging studies for seconda...Continue Reading

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Jan 9, 2018·European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery : the Official Journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery·Matthew Joe GrimaPeter Holt

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