Research Article, Int J Cardiovasc Res Vol: 6 Issue: 4
Effect of Lumbar Drainage on the Outcome of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR): Contemporary Results
Tamer Owais1,5*, Ashraf Fawzy1,4, Waled Saad3, Mahmoud Salah El Din2, Farouk AL Alfy3, Jürgen Fuchs6, Martin Breuer5 and Thomas Kuntze5
1Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt
2Vascular Surgery Department, Saudi German Hospital, Jedah, Saudi Arabia
3Vascular Surgery Department, Saudi German Hospital, Madinah Munawarah, Saudi Arabia
4Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Saudi German Hospital; Madinah Munawarah, Saudi Arabia
5Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Clinic of Bad Berka, Germany
6Department of Anesthesia, Central Clinic of Bad Berka, Germany
*Corresponding Author : Tamer Owais
Associate Professor , Department of Cardiac Surgery, Central Clinic Bad Berka, Robert-Koch Allee 9, 99437 Bad Berka, Germany
Tel: 00491622397476; 049036458541115
E-mail: Tamerowaiss1976@yahoo.com
Received: June 05, 2017 Accepted: June 21, 2017 Published: June 26, 2017
Citation: Owais T, Fawzy A, Saad W, Din MSE, Alfy FA (2017) Effect of Lumbar Drainage on the Outcome of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR): Contemporary Results. Int J Cardiovasc Res 6:4. doi: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000315
Abstract
Background: Despite the utmost development and arousal of new techniques as TEVAR in the management of lethal aortic aneurysms and dissecting aortic aneurysms using, we still need to optimize the results through better spinal cord protection for the possible intercostal arteries especially the Adamqiewckz artery. Here we are focusing on the impact of spinal cord protection on the outcome in cases of TEVAR.
Materials and methods: Between May 2007 and May 2017; in Saudi German Hospital (SGH); Madina Munawarah, KSA and central clinic in Bad Berka; Germany. 41 TEVAR procedures were performed. Medtronic Valiant device with the Captiva delivery system was recently used to manage variety of cases of aortic dissection (6 trauma cases, 27 cases of hypertension induced nonaneurysmal dissection , 6 cases of dissecting aortic aneurysms due to hypertension and 2 cases of descending aortic aneurysm and tortuousity). Some of the cases required vascular intervention for de-branching of the great vessels. All patients were submitted to CT angio (CTA) for whole aorta from the ascending to the pelvic part, trans-sternal 2D echocardiography, abdominal ultrasonography; coagulation profile, kidney and liver profiles. Lumbar drainage was used in all the cases. Medtronic devices were used in all the cases.
Results: All patients were males. Age ranged from 24 to 57 years old. All patients were operated under general anesthesia. There were two mortalities one due to major endoleak and multi-organ failure and the other was due to massive Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH). Three cases of permanent paraplegia early after the procedure. Three cases of renal failure and one impaired kidney functions. One patient had CSF leak. One case had local infection at the lumbar catheter site and one case of meningitis.
Conclusions: Lumbar drainage procedure is an easy but not complications-free procedure. Because of the seriousness of its complications, it is recommended to avoid in TEVAR procedures, as the paraplegia complication due to cord ischemia for which we used the lumbar drainage was unavoidable by the lumbar drainage as it was related mainly to the anatomical site of the aortic injury and its extent or to the area covered by the endograft. There was a mortality of ICH (mostly related to the lumbar drainage).
