Outcomes After Open Surgery for Complex Aortic Aneurysms Including Abdominal and Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms and Chronic Aortic Dissections

What this Trial Is About

Researchers are collecting data on patients treated with open surgical repair OR for complex aortic aneurysms CAAs in this prospective, non-randomized, single-center study. The study focuses on patients needing OR for abdominal and thoracoabdominal aneurysms or chronic aortic dissections. The goal is to understand outcomes such as quality of life and major adverse events after surgery. The choice of prosthetic graft and surgical technique is determined by the vascular surgeon based on disease extent, with no difference in surgical methods assumed. Patients will undergo OR performed by Mayo Clinic vascular surgeons. Data will be gathered on clinical presentation, imaging, surgery details, ICU and hospital stay lengths, mortality, complications, reintervention, and aneurysm rupture. Participants will complete the SF-36 health survey and a CAA-specific questionnaire before surgery and at 4 months, 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years after surgery. Follow-up includes office visits, mailed questionnaires, and telephone interviews if responses are not received within six weeks. The main outcome measured is change in health-related quality of life over five years using the SF-36 tool.

Clinical Outcomes of Patients Treated With Open Surgical Repair for Complex Aortic Aneurysms