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Treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. surgery alone or hybrid
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Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic
Aneurysms. Surgery alone or Hybrid.
Konstadinos A Plestis, MD
Associate Professor
Director of Aortic Surgery
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Lenox Hill Hospital, NY
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The Risk of Paraplegia
Crawford Classification (n = 1509)
I II III IV
15% 31% 7% 4%
Svensson LG, Crawford ES: J Vasc Surg 1993; 17:357-370
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Open Surgical Treatment
Extensive Operations
Need of CPB + DHCA
Risk of Paraplegia
Post-operative Mortality and Morbidity
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Endovascular Treatment
Decreases Access Trauma
Decreases Blood Loss
Reduces Morbidity and Mortality?
Improves long term outcomes?
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Hybrid repair
Kuratani et al
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Debranching + stent
Hughes et al
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Debranching + stent
Kabbani et al
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Spinal Cord Protection
Cerebral Protection
Visceral Organ Protection
Goals during Open Repair of TA Aneurysms
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Current Lenox Hill Technique
Mild systemic hypothermia, 32°C
Distal perfusion
CSF drainage
Monitoring of SSEP and MEP
Spinal cord perfusion pressure (SCPP) monitoring
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DHCA: Indications
Proximal clamping is not feasible
Need to clamp above the left subclavian
Type II Aneurysms?
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CSF Drainage Technique
CSF catheter : L4-L5 or L3-4
CSF pressure < 10mmHg
CSF drainage: 10 cc/h
CSF drainage for 2-3 days
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Current Lenox Hill Technique
Mean BP: 85-95mmHg
CSF drainage for 72-96 hr
CSF drainage at 10 cc/hr
SCPP monitoring
Steroids for 48 hrs
Postoperative Management
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Motor-evoked potential (MEP) amplitudes
baseline MEP MEP amplitude
disappearance
MEP amplitude
recovery
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CASE PRESENTATION
42 yo patient
Distal Arch/ Type I TAAA
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Visceral Perfusion
Is it necessary?
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BUN
23.7
30.4
17.04
20.4
38.1
24.2
19.3
40.5
26.2
Pre OP Highest End
NO DHCA
BUN (all cases)
DHCA
=p<.05
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CREATNINE
1.49
2.03
1.43
1.48
2.92
2.06
1.48
2.83
1.98
Pre OP Highest End
NO DHCA
Creatnine(allcases)
DHCA
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AMYLASE
54
428
194
61
175
7962
148
62
Pre Op Highest End
DHCA
Amylase(all cases)
NO DHCA
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Total Bilirubin
0.65
2.75
1.23
0.66
2.85
1.170.68
3.46
0.81
Pre OP Highest End
NO DHCA
T. Bilirubin (all cases)
DHCA
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SGOT
16
344
37
22
137
33
23 102
36
Pre OP Highest End
DHCA
SGOT (all cases)
NO DHCA
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220
54
19
84
3620
62
33
Pre OP Highest End
DHCA
SGPT (all cases)
NO DHCA
SGPT
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Visceral Perfusion
Dilute Blood
Rate at 100-200 cc/min
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Case Presentation
67 yr old patient
Type IV TAAA
Previous Descending TA repair
Symptomatic
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Stroke Prevention
Cannulation Techniques
Left Axillary Cannulation
Ascending Aorta Cannulation
Arch cannulation
Stage I Elephant Trunk
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62 yr old patient
Type I TAAA
Grade V aortic arch
Stenosis of the Celiac, SMA
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Grade V Aortic Arch
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Descending
Thoracic Aorta
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January 2002 – July 2011
Total Cases 219
male 112 51%
female 107 49%
Age 66 + 13
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Etiology: N=219
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Medial
Degen.
Ather. Chr.
Diss.
Acute
Diss.
Other
38%
23%
27%
3%
9%
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Presentation: N=219
Elective
Rupture
Urgent
66%
19%
15%
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Aneurysm Type:N=219
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Type I Type II Type III Type IV
36%
20%
23% 21%
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No Distal perfusion 29 13%
Femoral-Femoral 87 40%
Atrial-Femoral 103 47%
DHCA 41 19%
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Operative variables
Aortic X time 49 (14-173)
CPB time 87 (17-320)
DHCA time 31 (22-56)
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Mortality 13 6%
Paraplegia 4 2%
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Post- Op Bleeding 8 4%
Stroke 6 3%
Embolic 3
Hemorrhage 3
Operative Complications
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New Onset Renal Complications:Cr>2.5
New onset renal insufficiency 51 24%
New Onset Hemodialysis 8 4%
Ventilation>48h 51 23%
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Hospital Stay
Mean 12 d
Range (5-96)
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Survival
TAAA
122 105 67 36 21 10
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Survival and Dissection
Dissection
Non Dissection
p =0.015
58
63 54 32 20 10
58 51 33 16 10
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Open – Demographics
Plestis
2011
N=219
Schephens
199
N=258
Gambria
2002
N=337
Coselli
2007
N=2286
Conrad-
2007
N=445
Age 66 65 70 66 71
Extent I + II 56% 58% 44% 64% 42%
Rupture 19% 15% 13% 6% 11%
Hybrid – Demographics
Kuratani
2009
N=86
Choong
2009
N=70
Donas
2009
N=58
Kabbani
2010
N=36
Chiesa
2009
N=31
Age 71 67 64.5 71 70
Extent I + II 27% 56% 14% 31% 45%
Rupture 3% 4% 14% N/A N/A
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Follow Up Survival -Open
Kuratani
2009
Kabbani
2010
Chiesa
2009
Bockler
2008
Survival
1 year
3 years
5 years 70%
80% 60%
70%
Follow Up Survival -Endovascular
Plestis
2011
Schephens
2010
Conrad
2007
Kouchoukos
2011
Survival
1 year
5 years
10 years
70%
51%
83%
63%
34%
54%
29%
55%%
23%
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Conclusions
Both open and hybrid operations in the thoracoabdominal
aorta remain extremelly complex operations
The results of open repair of TAAA have improved
significantly over the last decade in centers of excellence
The long term outcomes of hybrid operations have not
been determined yet.
Open TAA repair remains the procedure of choice in
appropriately selected candidates
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Extent and Mortality
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Type I TypeII TypeIII TypeIV Descending
Mortality
6%
0%
13%
6%
6%
P>0.05
N
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Mortality and Distal Perfusion
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Atriofemoral Femoral Femoral None
Mortality
No Mortality"
6%
7%
10%
P>0.05
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Mortality and Aneurysm Type
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
1 2
No
5%
6%
P>0.05
TAAA DTA
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1 2
No
Ventilation<48h Ventilation>48h
Mortality and Ventilation>48h
2.5%
13%
P<0.05
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50
100
150
200
250
1 2
Mortality and Hemodialysis
No
4%
19%
P<0.05
No Hemodialysis Hemodialysis
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100
150
200
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1 2
40%
4%
Stroke and Mortality
StrokeNo Stroke
P<0.05
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Survival
TAAA Dissection
DTA Non Dissection
DTA Dissection
TAAA non Dissection
p =0.038
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Survival
TAAA
DTA
44 40 29 15 9 5
79 65 50 21 11 7
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Questions
Does endovascular surgery treat the same patients
as open surgery ?
Does endovascular surgery treat the same extent of
aorta?
Does endovascular surgery deliver the same long-
term outcomes?
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Hybrid Approach
Chieas et al
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4 vessel debranching + stent
Biasi et al
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Infrarenal replacement + debranching
Bockler et al
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MEP and SSEP guided intercostal artery
reimplantation
Avoidance of subclavian artery clamping
Operative Management
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Is it reasonable to search for a single segmental
artery whose preservation will prevent paraplegia?
NO
Is it reasonable to monitor spinal cord integrity in
the perioperative period and treat cord ischemia
when it occurs? YES
Do we yet have a strategy to assure preservation of
spinal cord integrity through the perioperative
period of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic
aneurysm resection? NO
Has the neurological outcome of thoracic and
thoracoabdominal aortic surgery improved
markedly in the past decade? YES