Cook Medical's Zenith Stent Found Superior to Open Surgical Repair
Posted on: Thursday, 26 June 2008, 12:03 CDT
Cook Medical has reported positive results from a non-randomized, controlled study on the Cook Zenith abdominal aortic aneurysm endovascular graft for endovascular aortic repair.
The trial results indicated that the endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) procedure, using the Cook Zenith, is a safe and effective alternative to open surgical repair for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).
The study compared the minimally invasive EVAR procedure using the Cook Zenith device to a control group that underwent open surgical repair to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms. The middle- and long-term data evaluating the Cook Zenith AAA endovascular graft found long-term durability, a significantly low risk of aneurysm-related death or rupture, and infrequent complications of migration, limb occlusion and device integrity issues.
Specifically, the study demonstrated that for Zenith patients at standard and high medical risk, aneurysm-related death was two percent and four percent; and freedom from rupture was 100% and 99.6%, respectively.
Phil Nowell, global leader of Cook Medical's Aortic Intervention strategic business unit, said: "This positive, five-year clinical data serves as yet another proof point that our advanced Zenith design, coupled with the minimally-invasive EVAR procedure, provides patients with the best combination of medical technology to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms."
Source: Datamonitor
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