Planned Staged Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms to Minimize Spinal Cord Injury

Gabriele Di Luozzo; Michael Wilderman; Amit Pawale; Jock McCullough; Randall B. Griepp

doi:10.12945/j.aorta.2015.15.003

Planned Staged Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms to Minimize Spinal Cord Injury

Gabriele Di Luozzo
, Michael Wilderman
, Amit Pawale
, Jock McCullough
, Randall B. Griepp

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

5 Scopus citations

Abstract

Management of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAA) can lead to spinal cord injury. A variety of clinical adjuncts have proven to decrease the incidence of paraplegia; however, at least 10% patients remain at risk of developing paraplegia. Experimentally and in sporadic clinical experiences, the staged repair of TAAs can lead to better neurologic outcomes. We present two clinical cases with extensive TAA in which a deliberate staged repair leads to excellent neurologic outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	177-180
Number of pages	4
Journal	AORTA
Volume	3
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12945/j.aorta.2015.15.003
State	Published - Oct 24 2015

Keywords

Paraplegia
Spinal cord
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

Access to Document

10.12945/j.aorta.2015.15.003

Cite this

@article{ab15656e9ce24d56ba31d2f9c14abe9f,

title = "Planned Staged Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms to Minimize Spinal Cord Injury",

abstract = "Management of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAA) can lead to spinal cord injury. A variety of clinical adjuncts have proven to decrease the incidence of paraplegia; however, at least 10\% patients remain at risk of developing paraplegia. Experimentally and in sporadic clinical experiences, the staged repair of TAAs can lead to better neurologic outcomes. We present two clinical cases with extensive TAA in which a deliberate staged repair leads to excellent neurologic outcomes.",

keywords = "Paraplegia, Spinal cord, Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm",

author = "Luozzo, \{Gabriele Di\} and Michael Wilderman and Amit Pawale and Jock McCullough and Griepp, \{Randall B.\}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 AORTA.",

year = "2015",

month = oct,

day = "24",

doi = "10.12945/j.aorta.2015.15.003",

language = "English",

volume = "3",

pages = "177--180",

journal = "AORTA",

issn = "2325-4637",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Planned Staged Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms to Minimize Spinal Cord Injury

AU - Luozzo, Gabriele Di

AU - Wilderman, Michael

AU - Pawale, Amit

AU - McCullough, Jock

AU - Griepp, Randall B.

PY - 2015/10/24

Y1 - 2015/10/24

N2 - Management of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAA) can lead to spinal cord injury. A variety of clinical adjuncts have proven to decrease the incidence of paraplegia; however, at least 10% patients remain at risk of developing paraplegia. Experimentally and in sporadic clinical experiences, the staged repair of TAAs can lead to better neurologic outcomes. We present two clinical cases with extensive TAA in which a deliberate staged repair leads to excellent neurologic outcomes.

AB - Management of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAA) can lead to spinal cord injury. A variety of clinical adjuncts have proven to decrease the incidence of paraplegia; however, at least 10% patients remain at risk of developing paraplegia. Experimentally and in sporadic clinical experiences, the staged repair of TAAs can lead to better neurologic outcomes. We present two clinical cases with extensive TAA in which a deliberate staged repair leads to excellent neurologic outcomes.

KW - Paraplegia

KW - Spinal cord

KW - Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85043419810

U2 - 10.12945/j.aorta.2015.15.003

DO - 10.12945/j.aorta.2015.15.003

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85043419810

SN - 2325-4637

VL - 3

SP - 177

EP - 180

JO - AORTA

JF - AORTA

IS - 5

ER -

Planned Staged Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms to Minimize Spinal Cord Injury

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this