PURPOSE: To determine the long-term results of conventional open surgical repair of @entity1028 ( @entity1028 ) and the prevalence of late @entity7244 . METHODS: CT scan follow-up was obtained between 8 and 9 years after elective AAA repair on a cohort of @entity1 enrolled in the Canadian @entity439 , a registry that originally consisted of 680 @entity1 . A request for CT follow-up was sent to the responsible surgeon in 1994 when 251 @entity1 were alive and available. Ninety-four of the 251 @entity1 agreed to undergo an abdominal and thoracic CT scan, and each scan was interpreted independently by two vascular radiologists. RESULTS: The aorta was analysed in five defined segments, and an @entity439 was defined as > 50% enlargement from the expected normal value as defined in the Reporting Standards for @entity439 . Using this strict definition, 64.9% of @entity1 had an @entity439 , but the abnormality was considered a possible indication for surgical repair in 13.8%. Of the 39 @entity1 who had an initial repair with a tube graft, 12 (30.8%) were found to have an @entity1029 and 6 (15.4%) were considered to be of possible surgical significance. The median graft size at the time of operation was 18 mm, which increased to a median size of 22 mm at follow-up. Fluid or @entity715 around the graft was observed in 28%, and bowel was intimately associated with the graft in 7%. CONCLUSIONS: The longterm results of conventional open surgical repair is durable. CT scan follow-up between 8 and 9 years postoperatively often demonstrates aortic and @entity854 , but the majority are not clinically significant. On the basis of these findings, a routine CT scan of the abdomen and chest is recommended after 5 years. This study provides a population based study for comparison with the longterm results of endovascular repair.

What are the long-term results of conventional open surgical repair of XXXX ?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity7244 :: ('MESH:D020765', 'Disease') :: ['arterial abnormalities'] @entity854 :: ('MESH:D018376', 'Disease') :: ['iliac abnormalities'] @entity439 :: ('MESH:D000783', 'Disease') :: ['Aneurysm Study', 'aneurysm', 'Aneurysms'] @entity715 :: ('MESH:D013927', 'Disease') :: ['thrombus'] @entity1029 :: ('MESH:D017543', 'Disease') :: ['iliac aneurysm'] @entity1028 :: ('MESH:D017544', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal aortic aneurysms', 'AAAs']
@entity1028 :: (MESH:D017544,Disease) :: ['abdominal aortic aneurysms']
