Table II.

Operative data for EDS patients (n = 40) undergoing elective endovascular and open vascular procedures

	Endovascular procedures (n = 45)
Variable	Classic EDS (n = 15)	Hypermobile EDS (n = 27)	Vascular EDS (n = 3)	P value*
Procedure type – No. (%)				.52
Embolization	10 (67)	24 (89)	3 (100)
Angioplasty	5 (33)	3 (11)	0 (0)
Anesthesia type – No. (%)				<.05
General	0 (0)	2 (7)	2 (67)
CS/local	15 (100)	25 (93)	1 (33)
Conversion to open – No. (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.0
Blood products§– median (IQR)
PRBC (units)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.0
FFP (units)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.0
Platelets (6 packs)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	1.0

	Open vascular procedures (n = 18)
Variable	Classic EDS (n = 7)	Hypermobile EDS (n = 2)	Vascular EDS (n = 9)	P value*
Procedure type – No. (%)				.05
Arterial bypass†	3 (42)	2 (100)	0 (0)
TAAA repair (Crawford I–III)	2 (29)	0 (0)	5 (55)
AAA repair (Crawford IV)	2 (29)	0 (0)	4 (45)
Anesthesia type – No. (%)				1.0
General	7 (100)	2 (100)	9 (100)
CS/local	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
EBL (L) – median (IQR)	1 (0.3–4.0)	0.4 (0.2–0.6)	9 (3–21)	<.05
Blood products§ – median (IQR)
PRBC (units)	2 (0–4)	1 (0–2)	8 (4–26)	.07
FFP (units)	0 (0–4)	0 (0–0)	6 (4–19)	<.05
Platelets (6 packs)	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)	2 (1–4)	<.05

AAA, Abdominal aortic aneurysm; CS/local, combined conscious sedation and local anesthesia; EBL, estimated blood loss; EDS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; FFP, fresh frozen plasma; IQR, interquartile range; No., number; PRBC, packed red blood cells; TAAA, thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm.

^*P value calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis test for categorical data and one-way analysis of variance for continuous variables.

^†Includes peripheral and reno visceral arterial bypass procedures.

^§Number of units of blood products transfused during entire course of hospitalization.