Delayed postoperative paraplegia complicating repair of type A dissection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1389-1391

  Medalion, Benjamin ^a   Bder, Othman ^a   Cohen, Amram J ^a   Hauptman, Eli ^a   Schachner, Arie ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINAL PUNCTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034774372     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02590-X     Document Type: Article

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