Anesthetic Experience With Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
- 22 March 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Vol. 44 (4), 279-281
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1538574410363832
Abstract
Background: We endeavored to characterize the anesthesia experience with endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) at a large academic medical center in the United States. Methods: A retrospective review of electronic medical records was conducted for all patients undergoing elective EVAR from 2002 to 2007 in a large academic medical center. Results: A total of 522 cases met inclusion criteria, with 4% of cases using general anesthesia (GA), 92% regional anesthesia (RA), and 4% local anesthesia (LA). There was no statistically significant difference between the groups for duration of surgery or in-hospital mortality. In-hospital length of stay was longer for GA than LA or RA. Four cases were converted to open repair. Two mortalities occurred during the perioperative period (0.4% of cases). Conclusions: The vast majority of EVAR were successfully performed under RA, involved mild blood loss, involved infrequent need for conversion to GA, and resulted in brief in-hospital length of stay and low mortality rate.Keywords
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