Follow-up after EVAR is a topic of discussion worldwide.

In this episode, Laurence Bertrand and Suzanne Stokmans summarise an Editor's Choice article from the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (EJVES) on this topic: Meta-Analysis of Compliance with Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance: The EVAR Surveillance Paradox by Antoniou and colleagues.

This systematic review compared survival in EVAR surveillance-compliant patients with non-compliant patients. Non-compliance was defined as failure to attend at least one post-EVAR follow-up.

The findings in this article question the value of intense surveillance in all patients post-EVAR. We are curious about your opinion on EVAR surveillance, so please feel free to let us know via email or by commenting!

Shownotes:

Antoniou et al; Meta-Analysis of Compliance with Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance: The EVAR Surveillance Paradox. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg (2023) 65, 244e254 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2022.10.033