Trapdoor thoracotomy as a surgical approach for aortic arch aneurysm

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 272-274

  Imazeki, Takao ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a   Irie, Yoshihito ^a   Katayama, Yasushi ^a   Kiyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ARCH; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FLAIL CHEST; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STERNUM; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032125762     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00408-1     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. 1. Steenburg RW, Ravitch MM. Cervico-thoracic approach for subclavian vessel injury from compound fracture of the clavicle: considerations of subclavian-axillary exposures. Ann Surg 1963;157:839-46.
2. 2. Joseph MG, David VF, Kenneth LM, Arthur CB, Michael ED. Management of subclavian vascular injuries. J Trauma 1980; 20:537-44.
3. 3. Nazzaro JM, Arbit E, Burt M. "Trapdoor" exposure of the cardiovascular junction. Technical note. J Neurosurg 1994;80: 338-41.
4. 4. Pranikoff T, Hirschl RB, Schnaufer L. Approach to cervicothoracic neoblastomas via a trapdoor incision. J Pediatr Surg 1995;30:546-8.