Lack of major gender-related differences in patients undergoing elective endovascular or surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

AIM

The aim of this single center retrospective study was to determine gender-related differences in patients undergoing repair of aortic aneurysm.

METHODS

A total of 296 consecutive patients with an abdominal aneurysm undergoing elective endovascular or surgical repair was included in the study. Among these, 24 (8.1%) were females and 272 (91.9%) were males. Demographic and clinical characteristics as well as laboratory values in terms of any potential gender-specific differences were compared.

RESULTS

Females were significantly older at the time of repair than males. No gender-related differences were found analysing major clinical and laboratory parameters.

CONCLUSIONS

The clinical and laboratory profile with which males and females present at the time of elective endovascular or surgical repair for aortic aneurysm is very similar. It does not reveal any potential gender-specific risk constellation. It eventually remains unclear why the prevalence of aortic aneurysm is higher in male than in females.

An unusual consequence of deep vein thrombosis

We report here an unusual case in which deep vein thrombosis, limited to the infrapopliteal region, led to an anterior tibial compartment syndrome as a major complication in a patient who had undergone heart surgery shortly before.