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- Title
Complications of major aortic and lower extremity vascular surgery.
- Authors
Ghansah, J. Nana; Murphy, J. Thomas
- Abstract
Atheromatous disease and invasive intervention of the aortoiliac and distal arteries are common. Morbidity and mortality have been reduced through understanding and management of patient risk factors. Complications of this form of treatment affect all organ systems; mortality is most frequently caused by a cardiovascular complication (eg, myocardial infarction). Infection, leading to aortoenteric fistula is a dreaded complication, and paraplegia, though rare, is a devastating outcome. Multiorgan failure and death may result from a systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Vascular surgery for infrainguinal disease also has a significant cardiovascular complication rate. Resulting complications may affect all organs; loss of an extremity may occur. The first part of this article reviews perioperative and postoperative complications of open aortic repair and lower-extremity revascularization and addresses the issue of regional anesthesia for major vascular surgery. The second part reviews endovascular aortic repair (EVAR). EVAR is a new intervention that combines surgery and radiology. Complications of EVAR are similar to open repair, but early results suggest they may be less frequent. New technology leads to new complications; endoleaks, migration of the endoprosthesis, and surgical conversion are unique to EVAR. The benefits of EVAR may be less blood loss, shorter hospitalization, and less cardiovascular stress; the risks may be aneurysm recurrence, prolonged surveillance and repeated secondary procedures. The development of EVAR, the complications, and the anesthesia-related concerns of EVAR, including its use in management of acute abdominal aortic aneurysm are reviewed.
- Subjects
SURGICAL complications; AORTA surgery; ENDOVASCULAR surgery; ABDOMINAL aorta surgery; ABDOMINAL aorta radiography; ANESTHESIA; LEG surgery; AORTIC aneurysms; BLOOD circulation; CARDIOVASCULAR surgery; LEG; SURGERY
- Publication
Seminars in Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anesthesia, 2004, Vol 8, Issue 4, p335
- ISSN
1089-2532
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/108925320400800406