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Table 1 Patients and VAA characteristics according to the clinical presentation

From: Visceral artery aneurysms: evolving interdisciplinary management and future role of the abdominal surgeon

N of patients

Total

SVAA

IVAA

 

42

25

17

 

Age median (range)

59 (30–91)

63 (30–91)

58 (41–74)

P = 0.32

Female n (%)

19 (45%)

9 (36%)

10 (59%)

P = 0.15

Male n (%)

23 (55%)

16 (64%)

7 (41%)

 

Diameter in cm mean (SD)

3 (± 2.1)

2.5 (± 1.5)

3.6 (± 2.5)

P = 0.37

Symptoms n (%)

25 (59.5%)

25 (100%)

0 (0%)

 

 Abdominal pain n (%)

8 (19%)

8 (32%)

0 (0%)

 

 Intraabdominal hemorrhage n (%)

17 (40.5%)

17 (68%)

0 (0%)

 

N of aneurysms

56

34

22

 

 Splenic artery n (%)

18 (32%)

7 (21%)

11 (50%)

P = 0.14

 Hepatic artery n (%)

13 (23%)

10 (29%)

3 (14%)

 

 Superior mesenteric artery n (%)

9 (16%)

5 (15%)

4 (18%)

 

 Gastroduodenalis artery n (%)

9 (16%)

7 (21%)

2 (9%)

 

 Left gastric artery n (%)

4 (7%)

2 (6%)

2 (9%)

 

 Celiac trunk n (%)

3 (5%)

3 (9%)

0 (0%)

 

 N of true aneurysms

32 (57%)

13 (38%)

19 (86%)

P = 0.0002

 N of pseudoaneurysms

21 (37.5%)

20 (59%)

1 (4%)

 

 Indetermined morphology

3 (5%)

1 (3%)

2 (9%)

 

Operation n (%)

11 (26%)

5 (20%)

6 (35%)

P = 0.25

Intervention n (%)

29 (69%)

19 (76%)

10 (59%)

 

 Coiling n (%)

23 (54.5%)

14 (56%)

9 (53%)

P = 0.28

 Stenting n (%)

4 (9.5%)

4 (16%)

0 (0%)

 

 Stenting + coiling n(%)

2 (5%)

1 (4%)

1 (6%)

 

No operation/intervention n (%)

2 (5%)

1 (4%)

1 (6%)

P = 0.76

Complications n (%)

17 (40.5%)

11 (44%)

6 (35%)

P = 0.68

 Dindo 1

2 (5%)

0 (0%)

2 (12%)

P = 0.15

 Dindo 2

8 (19%)

5 (20%)

3 (18%)

 

 Dindo 3

5 (12%)

4 (16%)

1 (6%)

 

 Dindo 4

2 (5%)

2 (8%)

0 (0%)

 

Median hospital stay in days (range)

15 (1–238)

18 (1–238)

15 (2–43)

P = 0.14

N of deceased patients

9 (21%)

8 (32%)

1 (6%)

P = 0.043

Median follow-up in months (range)

10.5 (0–151)

11 (0–151)

10 (1–130)

P = 0.28

  1. IVAA incidental visceral artery aneurysm, SVAA symptomatic visceral artery aneurism, SD standard deviation
  2. Italic values indicate statistical significance (P<0.05)