A comparison between aortobifemoral bypass and aortoiliac kissing stents in patients with complex aortoiliac obstructive disease

• Published in: Journal of vascular surgery Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 99 - 107
• Main Authors: Dorigo, Walter, Piffaretti, Gabriele, Benedetto, Filippo, Tarallo, Antonino, Castelli, Patrizio, Spinelli, Francesco, Fargion, Aaron, Pratesi, Carlo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Aortic Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Diseases - mortality; Aortic Diseases - physiopathology; Aortic Diseases - therapy; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - mortality; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - physiopathology; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - therapy; Chi-Square Distribution; Conversion to Open Surgery; Endovascular Procedures - adverse effects; Endovascular Procedures - instrumentation; Endovascular Procedures - mortality; Female; Hospitals, Teaching; Humans; Iliac Artery - diagnostic imaging; Iliac Artery - physiopathology; Iliac Artery - surgery; Italy; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Multivariate Analysis; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Postoperative Complications - therapy; Proportional Hazards Models; Prosthesis Design; Registries; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Stents; Surgery; Survival Rate; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Patency; Vascular Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Vascular Surgical Procedures - mortality

The aim of this study was to retrospectively compare early and late results of aortobifemoral bypass and endovascular recanalization with the kissing stent technique in the management of TransAtlantic Inter-Society Consensus II (TASC II) C and D lesions in the aortoiliac district in a multicenter st...