Prevention of Postoperative Paraplegia during Thoracoabdominal Aortic Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1477-1484

  Kuniyoshi, Yukio ^a   Koja, Kageharu ^a   Miyagi, Kazufumi ^a   Shimoji, Mituyoshi ^a   Uezu, Tooru ^a   Arakaki, Katuya ^a   Yamashiro, Satoshi ^a   Mabuni, Katuhito ^a   Senaha, Shigenobu ^a   Nakasone, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

EID: 0242468650     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00871-3     Document Type: Article

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