Table 4.
Secondary ClinROs based on the number of patients
| Secondary ClinROs (ITT analysis) | Percutaneous EVAR (n = 62) | Cutdown EVAR (n = 58) | P | Median differences or ORs (95% CI) |
| Access technique success, n (%) | 60 (96.8) | 57 (98.3) | 1.000 | NA |
| Use of extra ProGlide device | 13 (21.0) | NA | ||
| 1 | 10 (16.1) | NA | ||
| 2 | 2 (3.2) | NA | ||
| 3 | 1 (1.6) | NA | ||
| Duration of surgery, minutes | 90 (64–120) | 157 (133–208) | <0.001 | 70 (53–88) |
| Length of hospital stay, days | 11 (8–13) | 12 (10–16) | 0.016 | 2 (0–3) |
| Length of postoperative hospital stay, days | 4 (3–6) | 5 (3–7) | 0.059 | 1 (0–1) |
| 30-day overall complications, n (%) | 8 (12.9) | 7 (12.1) | 0.890 | 1.079 (0.365–3.192) |
| 30-day mortality, n (%) | 1 (1.6) | 3 (5.2) | 0.564 | 0.301 (0.030–2.975) |
| Secondary ClinROs (PP analysis) | Percutaneous EVAR (n = 60) | Cutdown EVAR (n = 60) | P | Median differences or ORs (95% CI) |
| Access technique success, n (%) | 60 (100) | 59 (98.3) | 1.000 | NA |
| Use of extra ProGlide device | 11 (18.3) | NA | ||
| 1 | 9 (15.0) | NA | ||
| 2 | 2 (3.3) | NA | ||
| 3 | 0 | NA | ||
| Duration of surgery, minutes | 90 (64–120) | 157 (133–208) | <0.001 | 70.5 (54–88) |
| Length of hospital stay, days | 11 (8–13) | 12 (10–16) | 0.040 | 2 (0–3) |
| Length of postoperative hospital stay, days | 4 (3–6) | 5 (3–7) | 0.165 | 0 (0–1) |
| 30-day overall complications, n (%) | 7 (11.7) | 8 (13.3) | 0.783 | 0.858 (0.290–2.538) |
| 30-day mortality, n (%) | 1 (1.7) | 3 (5.0) | 0.611 | 0.322 (0.033–3.187) |
ClinROs, clinician-reported outcomes; ITT, intention-to-treat; EVAR, endovascular abdominal aortic repair; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PP, per-protocol.