Initial experiences with percutaneous endovascular aortic reconstruction

Introduction: Percutaneous aortic reconstruction is another milestone in aortic surgery. The evolution of vascular closure devices played a key role by enabling arterial closure after large -bore endovascular devices without the need of arterial cut -down.Objective: Our objective was to determine technical success of percutaneous endovascular aortic repair and to report our initial experience using this technique in a Hungarian cohort.Method: Between 15 October 2020 and 21 March 2021, patients who underwent endovascular aortic reconstruction were prospectively and consecutively collected. Patients who were deemed suitable for common femoral artery per cutaneous access were enrolled to the study. Technical success, access -site complications and risk factors were ana- lyzed.Results: A total of 43 patients underwent endovascular aortic reconstruction during the study period, of whom 38 were deemed feasible for percutaneous repair. Dominantly infrarenal aortic aneurysms were treated (n = 26, 68.4%). After ultrasound -guided access, suture -mediated devices were used 2 (1-4) per artery (median, min-max) for clo- sure. Technical success was reported in 37 out of 38 cases (97.4%). Access site complication was reported in 3 (7.9%) cases. The mean (+/- SD) in -hospital stay was 4.9 (+/- 1.7) days. Out of the 3 cases, 1 required intraoperative femoral cut-down. Sheath-size larger than 18 Fr (1.26, 0.09-17.75, 0.862) and body mass index (1.17, 0.923-1.5, 0.19) were positively associated with access site complication but no significant correlation was reported (OR, 95% CI, p- value). However, in patients with larger than 30 kg/m2 body mass index (n = 12), access-related complication was significantly higher than in smaller patients (p = 0.008).Conclusion: Percutaneous endovascular aortic repair is a promising and safe option that has a high technical success rate in patients deemed eligible for common femoral artery access.