Functional Performance After Complex Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study.
Britt W C M WarmerdamYara van HolsteinDaniël EeftingCarla S P van RijswijkRutger W van der MeerSimon P MooijaartJaap F HammingJoost R van der VorstJan van SchaikPublished in: Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (2021)
To our knowledge, this is the only study that examined functional performance after complex EVAR, using a prospectively maintained database. No patients were newly discharged to a nursing home and functional performance results at 12 months are promising. Future multidisciplinary research should focus on determining which patients are most prone to deterioration of function, so that efforts can be directed toward preventing postoperative functional decline.