Restricted accessReview articleFirst published online 2016-12
Does the diameter of abdominal aortic aneurysm influence late survival following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Studies reporting the influence of preoperative abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter on late survival following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair have not been consistent.
Aim: To report the influence of abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter on overall long-term survival following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Methods
Embase, Medline and the Cochrane electronic databases were searched to identify articles reporting the influence of abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter on late survival following open aneurysm repair and endovascular aneurysm repair published up to April 2015. Data were extracted from multivariate analysis; estimated risks were expressed as hazard ratio.
Results
A total of 2167 titles/abstracts were retrieved, of which 76 studies were fully assessed; 19 studies reporting on 22,104 patients were included. Preoperative larger abdominal aortic aneurysm size was associated with a worse survival compared to smaller aneurysms with a pooled hazard ratio of 1.14 (95% CI: 1.09–1.18), per 1 cm increase in abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter. Subgroup analysis of the different types of repair was performed and the hazard ratio (95% CI), for open aneurysm repair and endovascular aneurysm repair were 1.08 (1.03–1.12) and 1.20 (1.15–1.25), respectively, per 1 cm increase. There was a significant difference between the groups p < 0.02.
Conclusions
This meta-analysis suggests that preoperative large abdominal aortic aneurysm independently influences overall late survival following abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, and this association was greater in abdominal aortic aneurysm repaired with endovascular aneurysm repair.
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