Glasgow Aneurysm Score in patients undergoing elective open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm:: A Finnvasc study

Objective. To use Finnvasc to determine whether the Glasgow Aneurysm Score predicts postoperative outcome after open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Design. Retrospective study. Material and methods. The operative risk of 1911 patients undergoing open repair of AAA was retrospectively graded according to the Glasgow Aneurysm Score. Results. At 30 days 100 (5%) patients had died and 21% had developed severe postoperative complications. Receiver operating characteristics (ROCs) curve analysis showed that the Glasgow Aneurysm Score was predictive of postoperative mortality (area tinder the curve (AUC): 0,668, p < 0.0001), severe complications (AUC: 0.654, p < 0.0001), cardiac complications (AUC: 0.689, p < 0.0001) and intensive care unit stay > 5 days (AUC: 0.634, p < 0.0001). Patients scoring > 76 had significantly higher mortality (9% vs. 3%, p < 0.0001), severe (31% vs. 15%, p < 0.0001) and cardiac complications (12% vs. 4%, p < 0.0001) and intensive care unit stay >5 days (12% vs. 6%, p < 0.0001). Conclusions. The Glasgow Aneurysm Score is a rather good predictor of immediate postoperative mortality and morbidity after elective open repair of AAA.