Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Patients in thoracic aortic aneurysm stent trials from 1999 to 2004 were analyzed for paraplegic complications. Lower extremity strength was assessed after anesthesia and in the intensive care unit. A loss of lower extremity somatosensory evoked potential or lower extremity strength was treated emergently to maintain a mean arterial pressure 90 mmHg or greater and a cerebrospinal fluid pressure 10 mm Hg or less. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Albert T Cheung, Alberto Pochettino, Michael L McGarvey, Jehangir J Appoo, Ronald M Fairman, Jeffrey P Carpenter, William G Moser, Edward Y Woo, Joseph E Bavaria |
Journal | The Annals of thoracic surgery
(Ann Thorac Surg)
Vol. 80
Issue 4
Pg. 1280-8; discussion 1288-9
(Oct 2005)
ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 16181855
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
(surgery)
- Blood Pressure
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure
- Clinical Protocols
- Drainage
(methods)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Monitoring, Intraoperative
(methods)
- Paraparesis
(diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
- Paraplegia
(etiology, prevention & control)
- Risk Factors
- Spinal Cord Ischemia
(diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
- Stents
- Treatment Outcome
- Vascular Surgical Procedures
(adverse effects)
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