Inflammatory aortic aneurysms: regression of fibrosis after aneurysm surgery

M Bitsch; H H Nørgaard; O Røder; T V Schroeder; J E Lorentzen

Inflammatory aortic aneurysms: regression of fibrosis after aneurysm surgery

M Bitsch, H H Nørgaard, O Røder, T V Schroeder, J E Lorentzen

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the fate of perianeurysmal fibrosis (PF) following aneurysm surgery.

METHODS: In this single centre study, pre- and postoperative abdominal CT-scans on 21 consecutive patients with inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms were compared. CT-scans of 10 randomly chosen patients operated on for abdominal aortic aneurysms without PF in the same period, served as reference group.

RESULTS: Preoperative thickness of PF was assessed as > 1 cm in 11 and < 1 cm in 10 patients. Ureterolysis was performed in seven patients where the fibrosis caused ureteral obstruction. Postoperative CT-scans performed at a median of 24 (range 3-108) months after surgery showed complete regression of the fibrosis in 29%, partial regression in 57% and no change in 14% of the patients. Progression of the fibrosis or persistence of hydronephrosis was not seen. No sign of fibrosis were seen in the 10 controls.

CONCLUSION: This study supports the findings that PF tends to regress after repair of the abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Original language	English
Journal	European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
Volume	13
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	371-4
Number of pages	4
ISSN	1078-5884
Publication status	Published - Apr 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aged
Aorta
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortography
Female
Fibrosis
Humans
Inflammation
Male
Middle Aged
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome

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Inflammatory aortic aneurysms: regression of fibrosis after aneurysm surgery. / Bitsch, M; Nørgaard, H H; Røder, O et al.
In: European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery, Vol. 13, No. 4, 04.1997, p. 371-4.

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