Our anesthesia experience in patients with aortic pathologies who underwent endovascular treatment

Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the demographic characteristics, comorbidity factors and intraoperative and postoperative data of patients over 18 years of age who underwent endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) and thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) due to aortic pathologies and to compare them with the literature. Materials and Methods: In this study, 52 patients who underwent endovascular repair for aortic pathology in Bursa Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital between January 2015 and May 2017 were evaluated retrospectively. Results: It was found that 40 patients underwent EVAR and 12 patients underwent TEVAR. The mean ages of patients who underwent EVAR and TEVAR were 71.6 +/- 7.26 years and 59.75 +/- 15.29 years, respectively. Male gender was statistically significantly dominant among all patient groups (p <0.05). The most frequent comorbidity was hypertension in both groups. The most preferred method for anesthesia was local anesthesia administered together with sedoanalgesia (71.43%). Bleeding was the most common complication. Mortality rate was 7.14% among all patients. Discussion: The results of patients who underwent endovascular repair for aortic pathologies may vary among different centers according to the number of patients involved and surgical experience. Our results are consistent with those in the literature.