Delayed-Onset Paraplegia after Type A Dissection Repair
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Delayed postoperative paraplegia and graft infection after a thoracoabdominal dissection.
WE REPORT THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF THORACOABDOMINAL DISSECTION, WHICH EXTENDED INTO THE LEFT ILIAC ARTERY, DESPITE TWO INDEPENDENT COMPLICATIONS: graft infection and a relatively rare, delayed postoperative paraplegia. The paraplegia suddenly occurred on postoperative day 10, and after an intravenous infusion of heparin and methylprednisolone, it gradually subsided. Moreover, graft infection...
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0285-1474,1883-4108
DOI: 10.4326/jjcvs.45.45