Annals of vascular surgery
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Medical care in the United States has evolved into a more cost-conscious value-based health care system that necessitates a comparison of costs when there are alternative interventions considered to be acceptable in the treatment of a disease. This study compares the cost differences between regional anesthesia (RA) and general anesthesia (GA) for carotid endarterectomy (CEA). ⋯ Decreased cost, operating room expenses, postoperative resources, and overall LOS were observed for individuals who underwent RA for CEA as compared with GA. In summary, RA is more cost-effective and should be the optimal choice when clinically appropriate.
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Case Reports
Repair of Chronic Aneurysmal Aortic Dissection Using a Stent Graft and an Amplatzer® Vascular Plug: A Case Study.
We report a case in which a stent graft and an Amplatzer® vascular plug (AVP) were effective for the treatment of chronic aneurysmal aortic dissection. The patient was a 52-year-old man. At 45 years of age, he developed acute aortic dissection, for which he underwent surgery 4 times with prosthetic graft replacement in the abdominal aorta, descending thoracic, ascending aorta (without neck branch reconstruction), and thoracoabdominal aorta with the reconstruction of the celiac, superior mesenteric, and bilateral renal arteries. ⋯ Thereafter, the large tear in the descending thoracic aorta was closed using a stent graft. The patient made good postoperative progress without evidence of paraplegia, and complete thrombosis of the false lumen was confirmed by postoperative CT. CT at 1 year after thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) showed complete thrombosis of false lumen and aneurysm shrinkage.
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The aim of this study is to describe a total endovascular aortic repair with branched and fenestrated endografts in a young patient with Marfan syndrome and a chronic aortic dissection. Open surgery is the gold standard to treat aortic dissections in patients with aortic disease and Marfan syndrome. ⋯ Endovascular repair is a treatment option in patients with connective tissue disease who are not candidates for open surgery. Long-term follow-up is required to confirm these favorable early outcomes.
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To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the sandwich technique with the body flossing wire to revascularize the left subclavian artery (LSA) in thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). ⋯ Our early experience showed that the sandwich technique with the body flossing wire to maintain blood flow to the LSA is a safe and effective method. This technique can be applied in various clinical situations with a high technique success rate. However, outcomes are preliminary and larger studies are required.