Emergency Endovascular Interventions on Descending Thoracic Aorta: A Single-Center Experience

Table 4

Postoperative complications, other interventions, reinterventions, and causes of death.

Complications	N (%)	Mild	Moderate	Severe
Concomitant haemothorax	18 (24.3%)	—	18	—
ARI/hemodialysis	7 (9.4%)	7	—
Respiratory failure	4 (5.4%)	—	2	2
Mesenteric ischemia	1 (1.3%)	—	—	1
PIS	37 (50%)	37	—	—
Paraplegia	1 (1.3%)	—	1	—
Stroke	2 (2.6%)	—	—	2
Endoleak (type I)	5 (6.8%)
Early < 24 months	4 (3.9%)	1	2	1
Late > 24 months	1 (1.3%)	—	—	1
Reinterventions	4 (5.2%)
Early < 24 months	3 (3.9%)
Late > 24 months	2 (1.3%)
Paraplegia	1 (1.3%) (spinal cord ischemia grading system—1)
Stroke	2 (2.6%) (mild and severe)

ARI: acute renal insufficiency; PIS: postimplantation syndrome. # categorical data are presented as numbers (n) with percentage (%); according to Society of Vascular Surgery society.