title: Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms. A 20-year experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to report a 20-year single Institution experience, with the early and late outcomes of surgical treatment of inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a 20-year period, 2 275 consecutive patients underwent elective surgical repair for non-rupture abdominal aortic aneurysm. Fifty-two patients (2.3%) were classified as inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms. Early and late outcomes were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One patient died in the perioperative period, giving a mortality rate of 1.92%. One patient died from a pseudoaneurysm rupture 7 months after operation. Three patients developed an aortic pseudoaneurysm in the follow-up period (mean 12.1 years, range 1-20 years) and underwent a redo operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall surgical outcome of these patients, in terms of short-term and long-term is good. A high rate of pseudoaneurysm formation was observed.
authors.affiliation: First Unit of Vascular Surgery, Istituto Policlinico San Donato, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. hdlns@freemail.gr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dalainas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ranucci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stegher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casana
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malacrida
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Tealdi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001025:Aortitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012185:Retroperitoneal Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods