Why the study?
Does the frozen elephant trunk procedure increase the risk of spinal cord injury due to intercostal artery occlusion in patients with acute aortic dissection?
Population
37 consecutive patients with Type A and Type B aortic dissections undergoing total aortic arch surgery, mean…
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Cohort
Follow-up
postoperative
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Supports spinal cord safety with FET despite intercostal occlusion; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does the frozen elephant trunk procedure increase the risk of spinal cord injury due to intercostal artery occlusion in patients with acute aortic dissection?
The frozen elephant trunk procedure safely occludes most intercostal arteries without causing permanent spinal cord injury, provided adequate blood flow is maintained in subclavian and iliac arteries.
Козлов et al. (2017) studied this question.
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