The objective of these Guidelines was to revise and update the previous 2016 Italian Guidelines on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease, in accordance with the National Guidelines System (SNLG), to guide every practitioner toward the most correct management pathway for this pathology. The methodology applied in this update was the GRADE-SIGN version methodology, following the instructions of the AGREE quality of reporting checklist as well. The first methodological step was the formulation of clinical questions structured according to the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) model according to which the Recommendations were issued. Then, systematic reviews of the Literature were carried out for each PICO question or for homogeneous groups of questions, followed by the selection of the articles and the assessment of the methodological quality for each of them using qualitative checklists. Finally, a Considered Judgment form was filled in for each clinical question, in which the features of the evidence as a whole are assessed to establish the transition from the level of evidence to the direction and strength of the recommendations. These guidelines outline the correct management of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm in terms of screening and surveillance. Medical management and indication for surgery are discussed, as well as preoperative assessment regarding patients' background and surgical risk evaluation. Once the indication for surgery has been established, the options for traditional open and endovascular surgery are described and compared, focusing specifically on patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms as well. Finally, indications for early and late postoperative follow-up are explained. The most recent evidence in the Literature has been able to confirm and possibly modify the previous recommendations updating them, likewise to propose new recommendations on prospectively relevant topics.

Guidelines on the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms. updates from the Italian Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (SICVE) / Pratesi, C; Esposito, D; Apostolou, D; Attisani, L; Bellosta, R; Benedetto, F; Blangetti, I; Bonardelli, S; Casini, A; Fargion, At; Favaretto, E; Freyrie, A; Frola, E; Miele, V; Niola, R; Novali, C; Panzera, C; Pegorer, M; Perini, P; Piffaretti, G; Pini, R; Robaldo, A; Sartori, M; Stigliano, A; Taurino, M; Veroux, P; Verzini, F; Zaninelli, E; Orso, M. - In: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. - ISSN 0021-9509. - 63:3(2022), pp. 328-352. [10.23736/S0021-9509.22.12330-X]

Guidelines on the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms. updates from the Italian Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (SICVE)

Pratesi C;Miele V;Panzera C
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Pini R;Stigliano A;Taurino M
Membro del Collaboration Group
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Veroux P;Orso M
2022

Abstract

The objective of these Guidelines was to revise and update the previous 2016 Italian Guidelines on Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Disease, in accordance with the National Guidelines System (SNLG), to guide every practitioner toward the most correct management pathway for this pathology. The methodology applied in this update was the GRADE-SIGN version methodology, following the instructions of the AGREE quality of reporting checklist as well. The first methodological step was the formulation of clinical questions structured according to the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) model according to which the Recommendations were issued. Then, systematic reviews of the Literature were carried out for each PICO question or for homogeneous groups of questions, followed by the selection of the articles and the assessment of the methodological quality for each of them using qualitative checklists. Finally, a Considered Judgment form was filled in for each clinical question, in which the features of the evidence as a whole are assessed to establish the transition from the level of evidence to the direction and strength of the recommendations. These guidelines outline the correct management of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm in terms of screening and surveillance. Medical management and indication for surgery are discussed, as well as preoperative assessment regarding patients' background and surgical risk evaluation. Once the indication for surgery has been established, the options for traditional open and endovascular surgery are described and compared, focusing specifically on patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms as well. Finally, indications for early and late postoperative follow-up are explained. The most recent evidence in the Literature has been able to confirm and possibly modify the previous recommendations updating them, likewise to propose new recommendations on prospectively relevant topics.
2022
guidelines; aortic aneurysm; aaa
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Guidelines on the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms. updates from the Italian Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (SICVE) / Pratesi, C; Esposito, D; Apostolou, D; Attisani, L; Bellosta, R; Benedetto, F; Blangetti, I; Bonardelli, S; Casini, A; Fargion, At; Favaretto, E; Freyrie, A; Frola, E; Miele, V; Niola, R; Novali, C; Panzera, C; Pegorer, M; Perini, P; Piffaretti, G; Pini, R; Robaldo, A; Sartori, M; Stigliano, A; Taurino, M; Veroux, P; Verzini, F; Zaninelli, E; Orso, M. - In: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. - ISSN 0021-9509. - 63:3(2022), pp. 328-352. [10.23736/S0021-9509.22.12330-X]
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