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The Influence of Postoperative Ambulatory Status on Graft Flow After Infrainguinal Bypass Surgery With Vein Grafts: IF10.

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had widely patent SMAs at last follow-up. Mean total seal zone length was 41.4 mm. There was a single secondary intervention for asymptomatic SMA stenosis requiring stent placement 1 year… Click to show full abstract

had widely patent SMAs at last follow-up. Mean total seal zone length was 41.4 mm. There was a single secondary intervention for asymptomatic SMA stenosis requiring stent placement 1 year after F-EVAR. There were no Type IA endoleaks and no endoleaks related to SMA fenestrations. Five patients of the entire cohort (4.7%) required SMA stenting at the index procedure. Three of these patients had prior EVAR (n 1⁄42) or open repair (n 1⁄4 1), One patient had a pre-existing critical SMA stenosis and underwent planned SMA stenting, and in one patient, the graft was deployed imprecisely and low, and the SMA was successfully stented from a brachial approach. Conclusions: The unstented SMA in association with F-EVAR remains widely patent in the presence of fenestrations or struts and is not associated with endoleaks. The need for adjunctive SMA stenting may be related to prior aortic intervention and case complexity. Follow-up DUS and CTA surveillance confirms that SMA patency remains in the normal or <70% stenosis range after F-EVAR regardless of whether it is encompassed by a large fenestration or crossing struts.

Keywords: surgery; postoperative ambulatory; ambulatory status; graft; sma stenting; influence postoperative

Journal Title: Journal of Vascular Surgery
Year Published: 2018

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