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. 2023 Sep 8;12(18):5851.
doi: 10.3390/jcm12185851.

Influence of Patient Anatomy on Intraoperative Radiation Exposure and Operation Time during Standard EVAR

Wojciech Derwich  1 , Alexandru Barb  1 , Thomas Vogl  2 , Kyriakos Oikonomou  1 , Daphne Gray  1
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Influence of Patient Anatomy on Intraoperative Radiation Exposure and Operation Time during Standard EVAR

Wojciech Derwich et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) is the primary treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). To optimise patient safety during the standard EVAR procedure, we aimed to investigate the influence of patient anatomy on intraoperative radiation exposure and surgical time. This retrospective study comprised 90 patients (mean age 73.4 ± 8.2 years; 92.2% male) with an infrarenal aortic aneurysm who underwent a standard EVAR procedure. The relationships between dose area product, operating time, and anatomical conditions were investigated in preoperative computed tomography angiography using open-source software. Logistic regression analysis indicated that only body mass index (BMI) had predictive value for radiation exposure. The accuracy of the model was 98.67%, with an area under the curve of 0.72. The duration of surgery was significantly correlated with an increased BMI (odds ratio (OR) = 1.183; p < 0.05), the tortuosity of AAAs (OR = 1.124; p < 0.05), and the left common iliac artery (OR = 1.028; p < 0.05). Thus, BMI impacts the prediction of intraoperative radiation exposure more significantly than the anatomical characteristics of the infrarenal aorta and iliac arteries, and the duration of surgery significantly correlates with both BMI and the tortuosity of the infrarenal aorta and iliac arteries.

Keywords: EVAR; anatomy; radiation exposure.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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EVAR sizing protocol.
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