Reversal of delayed-onset paraplegia with thrombectomy of an interposed graft for the intercostal artery after thoracic descending aortic aneurysm repair

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 88-91

  Sako, Hidenori ^a,b   Hadama, Tetsuo ^a   Miyamoto, Shinji ^a   Anai, Hirofumi ^a   Wada, Tomoyuki ^a   Iwata, Eriko ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiba Central Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Complication; Paraplegia; Spinal cord ischemia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTERY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL ARTERY; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THROMBECTOMY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD; THROMBECTOMY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33645303824     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02744609     Document Type: Article

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