Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 576-581.e3 , March 2009

Preferences for endovascular (EVAR) or open surgical repair among patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms under surveillance

  • Rebecca J. Winterborn, MD, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Rebecca J. Winterborn, MD, Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Barrack Road, Exeter EX2 5DW, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Irum Amin, MRCS

      Affiliations

    • Cambridge Vascular Unit, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Georgios Lyratzopoulos, MD, FFPH, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Nicola Walker, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Kevin Varty, MD, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Cambridge Vascular Unit, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • W. Bruce Campbell, MS, FRCP, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and Peninsula Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom

Received 1 July 2008 ,Accepted 12 September 2008.

References 

  1. Bush RL, Mureebe L, Bohannon WT, Rutherford RB. The impact of recent European trials on abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: is a paradigm shift warranted?. J Surg Res. 2008;148:264–271
  2. Greenhalgh RM. Commentary: impact of EVAR and DREAM trials on clinical practice. J Endovasc Ther. 2007;14:541–543
  3. Rutherford RB. Randomized EVAR trials and advent of level I evidence: a paradigm shift in management of large abdominal aortic aneurysms?. Semin Vasc Surg. 2006;19:69–74
  4. Badger SA, O'Donnell ME, Loan W, Hannon RJ, Lau LL, Lee B, et al. No Difference in medium-term outcome between Zenith and Talent stent-grafts in endovascular aneurysm repair. Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007;41:500–505
  5. Cao P, Verzini F, Parlani G, Romano L, De Rango P, Pagliuca V, et al. Clinical effect of abdominal aortic aneurysm endografting: 7-year concurrent comparison with open repair. J Vasc Surg. 2004;40:841–848
  6. Brown LC, Greenhalgh RM, Kwong GP, Powell JT, Thompson SG, Wyatt MG. Secondary interventions and mortality following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: device-specific results from the UK EVAR trials. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007;34:281–290
  7. Kubin K, Sodeck GH, Teufelsbauer H, Nowatschka B, Kretschmer G, Lammer J, et al. Endovascular therapy of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: mid- and long-term results. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2008;31:496–503
  8. Epstein DM, Sculpher MJ, Manca A, Michaels J, Thompson SG, Brown LC, et al. Modelling the long-term cost-effectiveness of endovascular or open aneurysm repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Br J Surg. 2008;95:183–190
  9. Noll RE, Tonnessen BH, Mannava K, Money SR, Sternbergh WC. Long-term postplacement cost after endovascular aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2007;46:9–15; discussion 15.
  10. Blankensteijn JD, de Jong SE, Prinssen M, van der Ham AC, Buth J, van Sterkenburg SM, et al. Two-year outcomes after conventional or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med. 2005;352:2398–2405
  11. EVAR trial participants. Endovascular aneurysm repair versus open repair in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 1): randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005;365:2179–2186
  12. Hornberger J, Bloch DA, Hlatky MA, Baumgartner W. Patient preference in coronary revascularization. Am Heart J. 1999;137:1153–1162
  13. Pope C, Mays N. Reaching the parts other methods cannot reach: an introduction to qualitative methods in health and health services research. BMJ. 1995;311:42–45
  14. EVAR trial participants. Endovascular aneurysm repair and outcome in patients unfit for open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 2): randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005;365:2187–2192
  15. Likert, Rensis (1932), “A Technique for the Measurement of Attitudes”, Archives of Psychology 140: pp. 1-55.
  16. Prinssen M, Buskens E, Nolthenius RP, van Sterkenberg SM, Teijink JA, Blankensteijn JD. Sexual dysfunction after conventional and endovascular AAA repair: results of the DREAM trial. J Endovasc Ther. 2004;11:613–620
  17. Letterstål A, Sandström V, Olofsson P, Forsberg C. Postoperative mobilization of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Adv Nurs. 2004;48:560–568
  18. Verhoeven EL, Muhs BE, Zeebregts CJ, Tielliu IF, Prins TR, Bos WT, et al. Fenestrated and branched stent-grafting after previous surgery provides a good alternative to open redo surgery. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007;33:84–90
  19. Muhs BE, Verhoeven EL, Zeebregts CJ, Tielliu IF, Prins TR, Verhagen HJ, et al. Mid-term results of endovascular aneurysm repair with branched and fenestrated endografts. J Vasc Surg. 2006;44:9–15
  20. National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Stent-graft placement in abdominal aortic aneurysm. 2006;March.

 Competition of interest: none.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

PII: S0741-5214(08)01596-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.09.012

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 3 , Pages 576-581.e3 , March 2009

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution