Fighting spinal cord complication during surgery for thoracoabdominal aortic disease

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-90

  Okita, Yutaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Paraplegia; Spinal cord ischemia; Thoracoabdominal aorta

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MEMANTINE; NALOXONE; NORPHENAZONE; PAPAVERINE; RILUZOLE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY BYPASS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOABDOMINAL AORTA DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARAPARESIS; PARAPLEGIA; REPERFUSION INJURY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79954448388     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-010-0668-x     Document Type: Review

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