Low incidence of paraplegia after thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair with proactive spinal cord protective protocols

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1537-1542

  Bobadilla, Joseph L ^a   Wynn, Martha ^b   Tefera, Girma ^c   Acher, C W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; INCIDENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880768507     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.12.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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