Early and Mid-Term Results of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with the Cordis Incraft Ultra-Low Profile Endograft: A High-Volume Center Experience
<p>Five years overall survival estimate calculated by the Kaplan–Meier method.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Five years of freedom from any reintervention calculated by the Kaplan–Meier method.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Five years of freedom from open surgical conversion calculated by the Kaplan–Meier method.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>Five years of freedom from iliac leg occlusion calculated by the Kaplan–Meier method.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Five years of freedom from iliac leg occlusion in hostile (red) and non-hostile (blue) anatomy calculated by the Kaplan–Meier method.</p> "> Figure 6
<p>Five years of freedom from iliac leg occlusion in grade 1 (blue), grade 2 (red), and grade 3 (green) hostile anatomy were calculated by the Kaplan–Meier method.</p> "> Figure 7
<p>Pre-operative CT-angiogram of a patient with AAA and chronic total occlusion of the right common iliac artery (<b>A</b>); final intraoperative angiography and post-operative CT-angiogram demonstrating effective Incraft implantation with sac exclusion and complete right common iliac artery recanalization (<b>B</b>,<b>C</b>).</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Intra-Procedural Outcomes
3.2. Thirty-Day Results
3.3. Mid-Term Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean ± SD age (y) Male Smoker Hypertension Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Ischaemic heart disease Hyperlipemia Chronic renal failure Peripheral artery disease Obesity Diabetes Previous aortic surgery Symptomatic Ruptured | 75.3 ± 7.7 122 (91.7) 74 (55.6) 114 (85.7) 89 (66.9) 75 (56.4) 85 (63.9) 54 (40.6) 64 (48.1) 33 (24.8) 24 (18.0) 0 (0.0) 9 (6.8) 1 (0.8) |
AAA diameter (mm) PAU, n (%) Proximal neck diameter (mm) Proximal neck length (mm) Aortic bifurcation diameter (mm) Hostility of at least 1 iliac access, n (%) Hostility of both iliac accesses, n (%) | 54.6 ± 8.7 14 (10.5) 21.6 ± 3.1 30.9 ± 1.1 22.1 ± 5.9 120 (90.2) 104 (78.2) |
Iliac angulation > 90° Severe calcification External iliac diameter < 7 mm Iliac stenosis Iliac occlusion Common iliac aneurysm Iliac tortuosity index, mean ± SD Grade 1 hostility Grade 2 hostility Grade 3 hostility | 48 (18.0) 133 (50.0) 127 (47.7) 125 (47.0) 9 (3.4) 8 (3.0) 1.44 ± 0.23 135 (50.8) 63 (23.7) 68 (25.6) |
Technical success Intraoperative death Intraoperative conversion to OSR Intraoperative endoleak Type 1A endoleak Type 1B endoleak Type II endoleak Type III endoleak Type IV endoleak Type V endoleak Other complications Access surgical conversion Lower limb ischemia Iliac rupture Iliac branch occlusion | 104 (78.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 69 (51.9) 27 (20.3) 1 (0.8) 41 (30.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 9 (6.7) 6 (4.5) 1 (0.8) 1 (0.8) 1 (0.8) |
Clinical success Death Reintervention Conversion to open surgical repair Endoleak Type I endoleak Type II endoleak Type III endoleak Type IV endoleak Type V endoleak | 132 (99.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 25 (18.8) 0 (0.0) 25 (18.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) |
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Baccani, L.; Parlani, G.; Isernia, G.; Lenti, M.; Terpin, A.M.; Simonte, G. Early and Mid-Term Results of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with the Cordis Incraft Ultra-Low Profile Endograft: A High-Volume Center Experience. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 5413. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13185413
Baccani L, Parlani G, Isernia G, Lenti M, Terpin AM, Simonte G. Early and Mid-Term Results of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with the Cordis Incraft Ultra-Low Profile Endograft: A High-Volume Center Experience. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 13(18):5413. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13185413
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaccani, Luigi, Gianbattista Parlani, Giacomo Isernia, Massimo Lenti, Andrea Maria Terpin, and Gioele Simonte. 2024. "Early and Mid-Term Results of Endovascular Aneurysm Repair with the Cordis Incraft Ultra-Low Profile Endograft: A High-Volume Center Experience" Journal of Clinical Medicine 13, no. 18: 5413. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13185413