Aortic Disease

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Volume and Type

2023, N = 223

Cleveland Clinic surgeons treat a large volume of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) both below and adjacent to the renal arteries. Repair procedures include open and endovascular techniques. Cleveland Clinic surgeons performed 223 AAA repairs in 2023.

Source: Vascular Surgery data

Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Volume and Type

2023, N = 135

Cleveland Clinic surgeons performed 135 open AAA repairs in 2023. The majority of these procedures were elective.

Source: Vascular Surgery data

Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: In-Hospital Mortality

2023

Despite the complexity of open procedures to repair AAAs, Cleveland Clinic surgeons achieve low mortality rates for both elective and emergency open AAA repairs. The in-hospital mortality rate was 0% for elective open AAA repairs and 8.0% for emergency open AAA procedures done in 2023.

Source: Vascular Surgery data

Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Volume and Type

2023, N = 88

Cleveland Clinic surgeons performed 88 endovascular AAA repair procedures in 2023. Of these, 86.4% were elective procedures and 13.6% were emergency procedures.

Source: Vascular Surgery data

Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: In-Hospital Mortality

2023

Cleveland Clinic surgeons perform a high volume of endovascular AAA repairs and achieve low rates of in-hospital mortality. The in-hospital mortality rate for elective endovascular AAA repairs was 1.3% in 2023. The in-hospital mortality rate for emergency endovascular AAA repairs was 0%.

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Source: Vascular Surgery data