作者
Demetrios Demetriades, George C Velmahos, Thomas M Scalea, Gregory J Jurkovich, Riyad Karmy-Jones, Pedro G Teixeira, Mark R Hemmila, James V O’Connor, Mark O McKenney, Forrest O Moore, Jason London, Michael J Singh, Konstantinos Spaniolas, Marius Keel, Michael Sugrue, Wendy L Wahl, Jonathan Hill, Mathew J Wall, Ernest E Moore, Edward Lineen, Daniel Margulies, Valerie Malka, Linda S Chan
发表日期
2008/6/1
期刊
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
卷号
64
期号
6
页码范围
1415-1419
出版商
LWW
简介
Background:
The diagnosis and management of blunt thoracic aortic injuries has undergone many significant changes over the last decade. The present study compares clinical practices and results between an earlier prospective multicenter study by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma completed in 1997 (AAST 1) and a new similar study completed in 2007 (AAST 2).
Methods:
The AAST 1 study included 274 patients from 50 participating centers over a period of 30 months. The AAST 2 study included 193 patients from 18 centers, over a period of 26 months. The comparisons between the two studies included the method of definitive diagnosis of the aortic injury [computed tomography (CT) scan, aortography, transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) or magnetic resonance imaging], the method of definitive aortic repair (open repair vs. endovascular repair, clamp and sew vs. bypass techniques), the …
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