The Incidence of Para-Anastomotic Aneurysm After Open Repair Surgery for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Through Routine Annual Computed Tomography Imaging

Fukashi Serizawa; Masato Ohara; Teruki Kotegawa; Suguru Watanabe; Takuya Shimizu; Daijirou Akamatsu

doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.01.010

The Incidence of Para-Anastomotic Aneurysm After Open Repair Surgery for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Through Routine Annual Computed Tomography Imaging

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2021 Aug;62(2):187-192. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.01.010. Epub 2021 Feb 16.

Authors

Fukashi Serizawa¹, Masato Ohara², Teruki Kotegawa², Suguru Watanabe³, Takuya Shimizu⁴, Daijirou Akamatsu⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ishinomaki Red cross Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan; Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. Electronic address: f-serizawa@med.tohoku.ac.jp.
² Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ishinomaki Red cross Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ishinomaki Red cross Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
⁵ Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.

PMID: 33608205
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.01.010

Abstract

Objective: Open repair surgery (ORS) for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) remains an important treatment option, but the incidence of para-anastomotic aneurysms is unclear. The purpose of this study was to estimate the incidence of para-anastomotic aneurysms and reveal secondary complications through routine annual computed tomography (CT) imaging.

Methods: One hundred and forty-seven patients who underwent ORS for AAA between January 2006 and December 2015 and received routine CT imaging surveillance were enrolled.

Results: The follow up period was 7.1 ± 2.7 years. The total follow up time of all patients was 1 041.1 years, and 958 CT images were collected (0.92 CT scans/year/patient). A proximal para-anastomotic aneurysm was detected in five patients (3.4%). Four of the five patients had aneurysmal dilation at the initial ORS (proximal diameter >25 mm), which enlarged during follow up; thus, a de novo proximal para-anastomotic aneurysm was observed in one patient (0.7%). The time between surgery and the diagnosis of all proximal para-anastomotic aneurysms was 5.7 ± 1.4 years, and the de novo proximal para-anastomotic aneurysm was detected at 11.8 years. The incidence of all para-anastomotic aneurysms at five and 10 years was 2.2% and 3.6%, and the incidence of the de novo para-anastomotic aneurysm was 0% at five and 10 years. Nine synchronous thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) and seven metachronous TAAs were detected, and 16 patients (10.9%) had a TAA. Neoplasms were detected in 18 of 147 patients (12.2%), and the most dominant neoplasm was lung cancer.

Conclusion: The incidence of para-anastomotic aneurysms was low; thus, abdominal and pelvic CT imaging every five years may be sufficient and consistent with the current AAA guidelines. In contrast, TAAs were diagnosed in a high percentage of patients, and based on these observations, routine CT imaging should be expanded to include the chest.

Keywords: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; CT; Para-anastomotic aneurysm.

MeSH terms

Aged
Anastomosis, Surgical
Aorta, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / epidemiology*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Japan / epidemiology
Lung Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Lung Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Proportional Hazards Models
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed