Article

OBJECTIVE: Advanced endovascular aortic repair can be used to treat patients with
extensive and complex aortic disease who are at risk of spinal cord ischaemia.
The aim of this study was to compare whether life satisfaction differs between
patients with and without spinal cord ischaemia at mid-term follow-up. DESIGN:
Nested case-control study. PATIENTS: Among patients undergoing advanced
endovascular aortic repair between 2009 and 2012, 18 patients with spinal cord
ischaemia and 33 without were interviewed at home. METHODS: The Life Satisfaction
Questionnaire (LiSat-11) and the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) were used.
RESULTS: LiSat-11 found that patients with spinal cord ischaemia were more
dissatisfied with their activities of daily living than were patients without
spinal cord ischaemia (p=0.012). Both groups had similar, very low, scores in the
sexual life domain; median 2.0 (interquartile range (IQR) 1.5-3.0) and 3.0 (IQR
2.0-4.0), respectively. There was no difference in SWLS between the groups.
CONCLUSION: This study cohort of patients who underwent advanced endovascular
aortic repair was rather homo-genous in their rating of life satisfaction and
there was little difference between mid-term survivors who had spinal cord
ischaemia and those who did not.

Langue : ANGLAIS