Utilization of Spinal Cord Protection Adjuncts in Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

cardiac tamponade during thoracic endovascular aortic repair

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Successful reversal of recurrent spinal cord ischemia following endovascular repair of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm

Despite recent advances in technique, spinal cord ischemia remains one of the most dreaded complications of thoracic aortic surgery. Recently, it has been suggested that thoracic endovascular aortic repair may decrease the risk of paraplegia. We present a case of delayed paraplegia following thoracic endovascular aortic repair that was successfully reversed on 3 separate occasions in the same p...

Risk factors, outcomes, and clinical manifestations of spinal cord ischemia following thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence, risk factors, and clinical manifestations of spinal cord ischemia (SCI) after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). METHODS A retrospective review of a prospectively collected database was performed for all patients undergoing TEVAR at a single academic institution between July 2002 and June 2010. Preoperative demographic...

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria; Interventional Cardiology, Clı́nico San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,...

endovascular repair of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries