Improvement of Quality of Life After Surgery on the Thoracic Aorta

Abstract

Background-We have recently demonstrated that the use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) during surgery for acute type A aortic dissections or thoracic aortic aneurysms adversely affect mid-term quality of life (QoL).

Functional outcome after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair

“…[19][20][21] To our knowledge, aside from a recently published small report on QOL after TAA, this is the largest series of patients assessed for QOL after TAA repair in the literature.…”

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair: impact of urgency on outcome and quality of life☆

“…The SF-36 questionnaire, as used in this study, is a broadly accepted tool for QoL assessment because of its generic design which renders it widely applicable [8]. It has been used successfully for QoL assessment in vascular patients before [16]. Even more importantly, it has reliably been validated for statistical adjustment for age and gender of the investigated population [12,13].…”

“…QoL was assessed by means of the self administered SF-36 and the HADS questionnaires. Details of the validated German version of the SF-36 have been published previously [16]. Briefly, the SF-36 consists of 36 short questions reflecting QoL in eight different aspects: bodily pain (2 items); mental health (5 items); vitality (4 items); social functioning (2 items); general health (5 items); physical functioning (10 items); and role functioning, both emotional (3 items) and physical (4 items).…”

Thoracic aortic surgery with circulatory arrest and cold cerebral perfusion

“…Weiterhin konnte bei Patienten, bei denen diese Technik verwendet wurde, im Verlauf hö-here Werte für die Lebensqualität ermittelt werden, im Vergleich zu einem Kollektiv, welches nur im HKS operiert worden ist -ein weiterer Ansporn für die Reduktion bzw. Vermeidung von TND [17].…”