Looking for the artery of Adamkiewicz: A quest to minimize paraplegia after operations for aneurysms of the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1202-1215

  Griepp, R B ^a   Ergin, M A ^a   Galla, J D ^a   Lansman, S ^a   Khan, N ^a   Quintana, C ^a   McCollough, J ^a   Bodian, C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0029913979     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70133-2     Document Type: Article

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