Staged repair significantly reduces paraplegia rate after extensive thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1464-1472

  Etz, Christian D ^a   Zoli, Stefano ^a   Mueller, Christoph S ^a   Bodian, Carol A ^a   Di Luozzo, Gabriele ^a   Lazala, Ricardo ^a   Plestis, Konstadinos A ^a   Griepp, Randall B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77952309567     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.037     Document Type: Article

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