OBJECTIVE: Prevention of paraplegia after repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
requires understanding the anatomy and physiology of the spinal cord blood supply. Recent …

In the last two decades, as an increasing number of patients with descending thoracic and
thoracoabdominal aneurysms are being diagnosed and treated, a more sophisticated …

OBJECTIVE: A comprehensive strategy to prevent paraplegia after open surgical or
endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms requires a thorough …

Objective: Our purpose was to investigate the interaction of the important components of
spinal cord blood supply in the pig model to enable its use for future studies of spinal cord …

For more than half a century ischemic spinal cord injury (SCI) and consecutively permanent
paraplegia remained the most devastating complication after open and endovascular …

OBJECTIVE: Thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair are still complicated by spinal
cord ischemia and paraplegia. The aim of the present article is to present the results of an …

BACKGROUND: The impact of different strategies for management of intercostal and lumbar
arteries during repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAA/A) on the …

Objective: In patients with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs), the blood supply to
the spinal cord is highly variable and unpredictable because of obstructed intercostal and …

Objective Spinal cord injury remains an invincible complication affecting up to 1 of 5 patients
after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. A staged surgical approach has been …

BACKGROUND: Monitoring motor-evoked potentials (MEPs) is an accurate technique to
assess spinal cord integrity during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair …