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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2015 Mar 28;62(1):16–21. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.01.058

Table II.

Intra-operative Outcomes of Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm undergoing EVAR (percutaneous vs. cutdown)

Outcomes Percutaneous (n=1108) Cutdown (n=3004) P Value Total Cohort (n=4112)
Acute conversion to open AAA repair 0.5% 0.4% 0.56 0.4%
Cutdown access
 Attempted percutaneous access converted to cutdown 3.6% 1%
 Bilateral groin cutdown 88% 64%
 One groin cutdown 12% 9%
 Percutaneous Bilateral 96% 26%

Indication for surgery 0.09
 Diameter 88% 86% 87%
 Dissection 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
 Embolization 0.3% 0.6% 0.5%
 Non-ruptured symptomatic 4.1% 6.0% 5.5%
 Prior endovascular intervention w/ unsatisfactory result 3.5% 2.5% 2.7%
 Prior open intervention w/ unsatisfactory result 0.3% 0.5% 0.4%
 Rupture with or without hypotension 0.6% 1.7% 1.7%
 Thrombosis 0.6% 1.7% 1.7%
 Not documented 1.5% 2.3% 2.1%

Main Body Device <.01
 Cook Zenith 16% 21% 20%
 Cook Zenith Fenestrated 1.2% 2.9% 2.4%
 Cook Zenith Renu 0.5% 1.3% 1.1%
 Endologix Powerlink 9.8% 6.1% 7.1%
 Gore Excluder 35% 32% 33%
 Lombard Aorfix 0% 0.1% 0%
 Medtronic AnueRx 0.4% 0.2% 0.2%
 Medtronic Endurant 27% 31% 30%
 Medtronic TALENT 0.1% 0.6% 0.5%
 Not documented 0.7% 1.2% 1.1%
 Other 7.9% 3.0% 4.3%
 Trivascular Ovation 1.7% 0.7% 1.0%

Aneurysm Extent 0.07
 Infrarenal 85% 84% 84%
 Juxtarenal 3.4% 4.8% 4.4%
 Pararenal 2.0% 1.5% 1.6%
 Suprarenal 3.8% 2.9% 3.1%
 Type IV 0.4% 0.5% 0.5%
 Not documented 5.3% 6.4% 6.3%
Distal Aneurysm Extent <.01
 Aortic 37% 38% 38%
 Common Iliac 37% 33% 34%
 External Iliac 5.2% 5.0% 5.1%
 Internal Iliac 5.0% 8.0% 7.2%
 Not documented 17% 16% 16%
Mean OR time (min) 135 152 <.01 148
Median OR time (min) 117 137 <.01 132
Mean OR time (all concomitant procedures excluded) 123 140 <.01 136
Median OR time (all concomitant procedures excluded) 111 128 <.01 122

Renal Stent 5.9% 7.1% 0.17 6.8%
Hypogastric Embolization 7.6% 5.8% 0.04 6.3%
Hypogastric Revascularization 3.2% 4.6% 0.05 4.2%
Lower Extremity Revascularization 2.0% 4.7% <.01 3.9%
Iliac Branched Device 11% 14% 0.01 13%
Aortic (Bare metal) Stent 1.3% 2.5% 0.02 2.1%
Iliac (Bare metal) Stent 3.4% 3.4% 0.92 3.4%
Any Concomitant Procedure 26% 32% <.01 30%