welcomes you to the new, improved website!In this paper, Dr Coselli and colleagues analyzed their experience with spinal cord deficit (SCD) after 1114 extent II open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repairs performed from 1991-2017.
The incidence of SCD was 13.6% (151 of 1114), 86 (7.7%) with persistent paraplegia or paraparesis (PPP) (51 paraplegia, 35 paraparesis) and 65 (6.1%) with transient paraplegia or paraparesis. Patients with SCD were older (median 68 versus 65 years old, P
Spinal Cord Deficit After 1114 Extent II Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repairs
Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.120
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Author(s): Joseph S. Coselli, Susan Y. Green, Matt D. Price, Qianzi Zhang, Ourania Preventza, Kim I. de la Cruz, Richard Whitlock, Hiruni S. Amarasekara, Sandra J. Woodside, Andre Perez-Orozco, Scott A. LeMaire