Perioperative individualised goal-directed therapy targeting stroke volume and oxygen delivery did not affect post-operative complications, intensive care unit or hospital length of stay in open elective abdominal aortic surgery.

Perioperative individualised goal-directed therapy may reduce post-operative complications in open elective lower limb arterial surgery.

Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms were at higher risk of developing postoperative organ dysfunction and required more ICU resources than patients with occlusive disease, despite no differences in hospital length of stay or 30-day mortality. Distinguishing between these two diseases may be useful in planning and distribution of ICU resources and for in future studies.

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