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  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Aortic Disease Research

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  • Acute type A aortic dissection (TAAD) significantly impacts working-age individuals.
  • Patient-centered employment outcomes post-TAAD operative repair require further characterization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe return-to-work rates and self-reported income loss in 30-day survivors of TAAD.
  • To assess employment outcomes using a voluntary survey within a dual-center health system.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database of TAAD patients undergoing operative repair.
  • Voluntary survey of 30-day survivors to assess pre- and post-operative employment and income.
  • Statistical analysis of survey data from 27 completed responses.

Main Results:

  • The mean number of missed workdays was 103 days, with an average direct income loss of $3347.22 per patient.
  • Only 62.9% of surveyed patients returned to full- or part-time work post-surgery.
  • Exploratory analysis suggested higher return-to-work rates in higher income brackets, though not statistically significant.

Conclusions:

  • Prolonged work absence and failure to return to work are common after TAAD operative repair among survey respondents.
  • Findings are descriptive and hypothesis-generating due to a small, selected respondent cohort.
  • Larger prospective studies are needed to identify return-to-work predictors and the impact of rehabilitation support.