Abstract
Background
Laparoendoscopic surgery has emerged as a new method for the management of iliac and aortoiliac occlusive disease. This article describes a combined retroperitoneal and pelvic extraperitoneal approach to aorta and iliac arteries.
Methods
A review was performed for 15 patients who underwent videoendoscopically assisted vascular bypass procedures between January 1999 and June 2003. A minimal access approach was used for access to the proximal anastomotic site (proximal common iliac or distal aorta) and creation of a tunnel for the prosthetic graft placement up to the distal anastomotic site. Altogether, 11 iliofemoral bypasses, 2 iliobifemoral bypasses and 2 aortobifemoral bypasses were performed. Patients with diffuse stenosis/long-segment occlusion and multiple lesions for whom percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with stenting proved to be unsuitable were included. The outcome parameters measured were intraoperative time, intraoperative blood loss, skin incision length, length of hospital stay, postoperative pain and analgesia requirement, and patency of graft.
Results
Videoendoscopy was used to complete14 procedures. The mean operating time was 258 ± 49 min (range, 180–300 min) and the mean blood loss was 124 ± 28.23 ml (range, 80–150ml). The mean hospital stay was 6.7 ± 4.46 days (range, 4–9 days). After a mean follow-up period of 14.4 ± 3.55 months (range, 6–20 months), all grafts were patent.
Conclusion
Videoendoscopically assisted vascular surgery for iliac and aortoiliac occlusive disease by a combined retroperitoneal and pelvic extraperitoneal approach is feasible and appears to confer many advantages of minimal access surgery. However, prospective randomized trials are needed to define clearly any advantages of this approach over conventional surgery.
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Chowbey, P.K., Panse, R., Sharma, A. et al. Videoendoscopically assisted combined retroperitoneal and pelvic extraperitoneal approach for aortoiliac occlusive disease. Surg Endosc 19, 1246–1251 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-004-8122-8
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