Traumatic transection of the aorta and thoracic spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality in an adult patient

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Zipfel, Burkhart ^a   Buz, Semih ^a   Hullmeine, Dietrich ^b   Röttgen, Rainer ^c   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Klinik für Physikalische und Rehabilitative Medizin Schwerpunkt Angiologie   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormalities (SCIWORA); Stent graft; Thoracic aorta; Traumatic aortic transection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTUSION; CONVALESCENCE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXTUBATION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEMATOMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INTUBATION; KIDNEY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORTHOSIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TUBE; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77952498212     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/09-2837MR-R.1     Document Type: Article

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