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The long-term outcome of sutureless intraluminal graft insertion remains unclarified. Therefore, we reviewed the late surgical outcomes of patients who underwent this procedure for acute type A dissection. Between March 1990 and May 2000, 80 patients aged from 36 to 92 years underwent isolated replacement of the ascending aorta for type A acute aortic dissection. The surgical procedures performed were replacement with an intraluminal sutureless graft in 18 patients (group 1) and suturing of the aorta with a conventional Dacron prosthesis in 62 patients (group 2). The cross-clamp, extracorporeal circulation, circulatory arrest, and operation times were significantly shorter in group 1 than in group 2, and the amount of total blood transfusion was also significantly less in group 1 than in group 2. The hospital mortality rates were 11.1% (2/18) in group 1 and 9.7% (6/62) in group 2 (P > 0.999). The 5-year actuarial survival rates (including operative mortality) were 71% ± 11% in group 1 and 77% ± 9% in group 2 (P = 0.268). The event-free survival rates at 5 years were 80% ± 10% in group 1, and 67% ± 13% in group 2 (P = 0.780). Regarding graft-related complications, long-term follow-up revealed one graft-related death and one reoperation in group 1 (12.5%), and no graft-related complications in group 2 (0%) (P = 0.047). In conclusion, intraluminal sutureless grafts required less blood transfusion, and shorter cross-clamp, extracorporeal circulation, circulatory arrest, and surgery times. However, the procedure did not improve the hospital mortality or long-term outcome. In fact, the rate of graft-related complications was significantly higher in the intraluminal sutureless group than in the sutured group. Therefore, the intraluminal graft insertion technique should be used only under exceptional circumstances.
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Received: November 2, 2000 / Accepted: May 15, 2001
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Kawahito, K., Adachi, H., Yamaguchi, A. et al. Long-Term Surgical Outcomes Following Intraluminal Sutureless Graft Insertion for Type A Aortic Dissection. Surg Today 31, 866–871 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950170024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s005950170024