Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65(02): 105-111
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1571193
Original Cardiovascular
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Favorable Outcomes of Open Surgical Repair for Blunt Aortic Injury in the Era of Endovascular Repair

Min Suk Choi
1   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
2   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Eulji University Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, The Republic of Korea
,
Yang Hyun Cho
1   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
,
Wook Sung Kim
1   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
,
Young Tak Lee
1   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
,
Dong Seop Jeong
1   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
,
Pyo Won Park
1   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
,
Kiick Sung
1   Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
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Publication History

02 September 2015

02 December 2015

Publication Date:
28 January 2016 (online)

Abstract

Background Long-term outcomes of open surgical repair with distal aortic perfusion for blunt aortic injury (BAI) remain undefined in this era of preferential thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR).

Methods We retrospectively reviewed data from 31 consecutive patients (23 males; mean age, 46 ± 16 years) who underwent open surgical repair with distal aortic perfusion for acute BAI between 1998 and 2012 at our center and were followed up for 83 ± 47 months.

Results In the 31 patients studied, BAI was most commonly secondary to traffic accidents (87%), with median accident-to-surgery time of 1 day. It was most commonly (90%) located at the isthmus. All patients had other injuries (injury severity score, 25 ± 6), 68% of which required surgery. The aorta was approached by left (84%) or bilateral (3%) thoracotomy, or median sternotomy (13%). During aortic cross-clamping (73 ± 47 minutes), distal aortic perfusion was maintained in all patients by left heart or cardiopulmonary bypass (extracorporeal circulation time, 93 ± 63 minutes). Circulatory arrest was required in 19% of patients. There was no in-hospital mortality or paraplegia. The estimated 5- and 10-year survival rates were 92 ± 6% and 80 ± 12%, respectively. One patient underwent reoperation for aortoesophageal fistula at 75 months postoperatively.

Conclusion Open repair with distal aortic perfusion for BAI yielded favorable early and late outcomes, and is thus a viable option even in the era of TEVAR.

Note

This study was presented at the Houston Aortic Symposium, Houston, Texas, United States, on March 7, 2015.


 
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