Population
Patients undergoing surgical procedures on the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta
Design
Review
Authors
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High rates in acute thoracoabdominal repairs warrant surgical caution; leaves open optimal prevention strategies for prospective study.
Spinal cord ischemic injury remains a devastating complication of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery, with incidence strongly correlated to the extent of aortic resection and acuity of the presentation.
Gharagozloo et al. (1996) studied this question.
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