Spinal cord complications after thoracic aortic surgery: Long-term survival and functional status varies with deficit severity

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-53

  Conrad, Mark F ^a   Ye, Jason Y ^a   Chung, Thomas K ^a   Davison, J Kenneth ^a   Cambria, Richard P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45549105244     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.02.047     Document Type: Article

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