Research Article

Multicentre Covariate Adjustment Analysis of Short-Term and 5-Year Outcomes after Endovascular Repair according to Sex

Table 3

Perioperative data, 30-day, and long-term outcomes.

Females (n = 57)Males (n = 352) value

Type of anaesthesia0.725
 Local/regional16 (28.1%)91 (25.9%)
 General41 (71.9%)261 (74.1%)
Length of stay (days)6 (4,9)4 (3,7)0.279
Length of ICU stay (days)1 (1,2)1 (1,2)0.896
Intraoperative
 Successful deployment56 (98.2%)346 (98.6%)0.597
 Death
 Rupture5 (1.4%)1.000
 Conversion to open1 (1.8%)4 (1.1%)0.530
 Endoleak
  Type I3 (0.85%)1.000
  Type II4 (7.0%)38 (10.8%)0.362
  Type III2 (0.6%)1.000
  Type IV1 (0.3%)1.000
From operation to discharge
 Wound infection3 (5.3%)8 (2.3%)0.187
 Seroma1 (1.7%)7 (2.0%)1.000
 Haematoma5 (8.8%)17 (4.8%)0.253
 Access vessel dissection4 (1.1%)1.000
 False aneurysm3 (0.8%)1.000
 Distal vessel embolization2 (0.6%)1.000
 Ischaemic limb1 (1.7%)4 (1.1%)0.530
 Ischaemic colitis1 (0.3%)1.000
 CVS6 (10.5%)27 (7.7%)0.478
 Pulmonary1 (1.7%)12 (3.4%)1.000
 Renal3 (5.3%)19 (5.4%)0.967
 GI bleed2 (0.6%)1.000
 CNS3 (0.8%)1.000
30-day mortality
 All cause2 (3.5%)1 (0.3%)0.052
30-day composite outcome
 Complications and mortality18 (31.6%)98 (27.8%)0.562
Long-term outcomes at 5 years
 All-cause mortality15 (26.8%)95 (27.5%)0.907
 Freedom from reintervention35 (87.5%)222 (88.8%)0.812
 MAE rate20 (35.7%)123 (35.5%)0.981
 Residual aneurysm size (mm)51.2 ± 17.253.2 ± 16.41.000

Note. ICU: intensive care unit; CVS: cardiovascular system; CNS: central nervous system; MAE: major adverse events. 5 women and 51 men had residual aneurysm.