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Contemporary spinal cord protection during thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery and endovascular aortic repair: a position paper of the vascular domain of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

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Source: Eur J Cardiothorac Surg

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Author(s): Christian D. Etz, Ernst Weigang, Marc Hartert, Lars Lonn, Carlos A. Mestres, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Jean E. Bachet, Thierry P. Carrel, Martin Grabenwöger, Marc A.A.M. Schepens, and Martin Czerny

The paper reviews the anatomy of spinal cord perfusion, strategies to shorten the intraoperative duration of ischemia of the spinal cord, to increase its ischemic tolerance, to detect ischemia and to improve its perfusion.

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