Late intervention for type 2 endoleak is not determined by early sac diameter or volume changes after EVAR.
Abstract
Background: to compare the diagnostic accuracy and predictive value of aneurysm sac volume measurement versus maximum diameter measurement of abdominal aortic aneurysm sac after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) in patients with type II endoleak.
Material and methods: retrospective study on a cohort of 103 patients who presented with a type II endoleak after EVAR for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Maximum diameter and volumetric measurements were calculated on computed tomography follow-up scans at 3 months and 1 year after index surgery. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to determine linear association between diameter and volume; Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare patients with and without later intervention for type II endoleak with regard to diameter and volume change.
Results: the correlation between diameter and volume measurement was high (Rho: 0.890 – 0.980 with P<0.0001). In 38 out of 103 patients (37%) with type II endoleak, a later intervention for endoleak management was performed; early diameter (P=0.097), or volume (P=0.387) change could not predict risk for later intervention.
Conclusions: both diameter and volume measurements can be used in the imaging follow-up of patients with endoleak type II after EVAR; however early changes in diameter or volume of the aneurysm sac can not predict late intervention for type II endoleak.
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