Image Fusion During Standard and Complex Endovascular Aortic Repair, to Fuse or Not to Fuse? A Meta-analysis and Additional Data From a Single-Center Retrospective Cohort.
Sabrina A N DoelareStefan P M SmorenburgTheodorus G van SchaikJan D BlankensteijnWillem WisselinkJohanna H NederhoedRutger J LelyArjan W J HoksbergenKak Khee YeungPublished in: Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (2020)
The results of this meta-analysis confirm that image fusion significantly reduces contrast volume, fluoroscopy time, and procedure time in complex EVAR but only contrast volume and procedure time for standard EVAR. Though a reduction was suggested, the radiation dose was not significantly affected by the use of fusion imaging in either standard or complex EVAR.