Endovascular stent graft repair of a thoracic aortic gunshot injury.

Abstract	Endovascular treatment approaches offer minimally invasive alternative strategies for the management of vascular injuries. While endovascular stent graft repair of blunt injury to the thoracic aorta is well described, there are few reports of its application for treatment of penetrating injuries of the thoracic aorta. We report the successful treatment of a through-and-through gunshot injury of the thoracic aorta and review how this technology may be applied for the treatment of penetrating thoracic aortic injury.
Authors	Z K Baldwin, L J Phillips, M K Bullard, D B Schneider
Journal	Annals of vascular surgery (Ann Vasc Surg) Vol. 22 Issue 5 Pg. 692-6 (Sep 2008) ISSN: 1615-5947 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID	18504107 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Topics	Adult Aorta, Thoracic (diagnostic imaging, injuries, surgery) Aortography Blood Vessel Prosthesis Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation (instrumentation) Humans Male Stents Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome Wounds, Gunshot (diagnostic imaging, surgery)

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