Review Article
Systematic Review and Meta: Analysis of Aortic Graft Infections following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Table 4
Data extracted from the studies analysed: comparative study results.
| | Author | Year | No. of patients | Single centre | No. of treatment groups | Groups (e.g., A, B, and C) | Average age (yrs) | Sex (male) | Overall mortality | Graft occlusion | Graft reinfection | Amputation | Reoperation (graft + operation related) | Total length of stay (days) | Follow-up (months) |
| | Bisdas | 2011 | 33 | Y | 2 | A—ISR-cryopreserved arterial homograft [22]
B—ISR-silver-coated grafts [11] | 68 (A), 61 (B) | 94.1% | 13.6% (A)
27.2% (B) | 0% (A)
9% (B) | 0% (A)
18.2% (B) | 4.5% (A)
0% (B) | 18.2% (A)
36.3% (B) | Group A:
Group B: | 27 (A)
18 (B) | | Hannon | 1996 | 47 | Y | 2 | A—ISR [25]
B—EAR [22] | 62 (A)
63 (B) | — | 32% (A)
18.2% (B) | — | 4% (A)
0% (B) | 24% (A)
13.6% (B) | 24% (A)
0% (B) | 80 (A)
56 (B) | — | | Oderich | 2006 | 117 | Y | 2 | A—ISR (52)
B—EAR (49) | 69.4 (A)
66.3 (B) | 77% | 30.8% (A)
55.1% (B) | 11.5% (A)
51% (B) | 9.6% (A)
30.6% (B) | 0% (A)
12.2% (B) | — | — | — | | Pupka | 2011 | 77 | Y | 3 | A—fresh arterial allograft with immunosuppression [24]
B—fresh arterial allograft without immunosuppression [26]
C—silver-coated prosthesis [27] | 57.4 (A)
59.2 (B)
58.4 (C) | 96.1% | 8.3% (A)
23.1% (B)
11.1% (C) | 8.3% (A)
34.6% (B)
7.4% (C) | 0% (A)
3.8% (B)
3.7% (C) | 0% (A)
11.5% (B)
7.4% (C) | — | — | 22.8 | | Quinones | 1991 | 45 | N | 2 | A—ISR [9]
B—EAR (35) | | 76% | 24% 30 day (combined) | 33% (combined) | 8.8% (combined) | 33% (combined) | — | — | 35.5 | | Takano | 2014 | 8 | Y | 2 | A—ISR
B—conservative management | 66 | 87.5% | 25% (combined) | — | — | — | — | — | — | | Vogt | 1998 | 72 | Y | 2 | A—ISR-cryopreserved allograft (38)
B—ISR prosthetic graft (34) | 61 (A)
63 (A) | — | 13.2% (A)
32.4% (B) | — | — | — | 7.9% (A)
44.1% (B) | 14 (A)
30 (B) | — | | Batt | 2012 | 74 | N | 2 | A—ISR (63)
B—EAR [11] | 69.7 (A)
67.9 (B) | 96.3% | 60.3% (A: 5 years)
72.7% (B: 5 years) | 12.7% (A)
14.8% (B) | | 4.8% (A)
0% (B) | | (combined) | 41 | | Belair | 1998 | 23 | Y | 2 | A—percutaneous drain+surgery (ISR)-11
B—direct surgery (ISR)-12 | 65.9 (A)
68.75 (B) | 86.9% | 30 days:
0% (A)
50%(B)
1 yr:
9% (A)
66.6% (B) | 9.1% (A)
41.6% (B) | 36.3% (A)
33.3% (B) | — | 27.2% (A)
25.0% (B) | Group A:
Group B:
| 24 (A)
48 (B) | | Lyons | 2013 | 13 | Y | 2 | A—EAR [9]
B—conservative [4] | — | 72.7% | 55.6% (A)
100% (B) | | — | — | — | — | 29 | | Davila | 2015 | 36 | Y | 2 | A—ISR [27]
B—EAR [9] | 69 (combined) | 83.3% | 14.8% (A)
22.2% (B) | — | — | — | — | — | 47.5 | | Legout | 2011 | 54 | Y | 2 | A—ISR (45)
B—conservative [9] | — | — | 22.2% (A)
22.2% (B) | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
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