Transient paraplegia after stent grafting of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm treated with cerebrospinal fluid drainage

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-63

  Fuchs, Ralph J ^a   Lee, W Anthony ^a   Seubert, Christoph N ^a   Gelman, Simon ^b,c   Yeager, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Cerebrospinal fluid; Drainage; Paraplegia; Stent grafting; Thoracic aortic; Transient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; STENT; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0037300024     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(02)00452-X     Document Type: Article

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