Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
The Role of Fluoroscopic Guidance in Spinal Drain Placement for Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair Patients: A Retrospective Study
Authors' conclusion
Preoperative identification of at-risk patients before TAAA repair may reduce operating room arrival to the incision time, operating room to spinal drain placement time, number of spinal drain placement attempts, length of hospital stay, and complications associated with spinal drain placement.
Study context
- Population
- Patients who had spinal drain placement for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair, November 2013 to November 2018, single tertiary care hospitalpatient records analysed
- Participants
- 58 patients
- Exposure
- Study vs Control
- Outcome
- OR arrival time to drain placement
Methodological detailsbefore-after comparison, single-centre
- Before-after comparison
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P = 0.03
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Time to incision
P < 0.001
Drain placement attempts
P = 0.006
LOS
P = 0.04
Original publication
The Role of Fluoroscopic Guidance in Spinal Drain Placement for Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair Patients: A Retrospective Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 26 December 2024. doi:10.
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