Successful reversal of delayed paraplegia after endovascular stent grafting
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Complications after endovascular stent-grafting of thoracic aortic diseases
BACKGROUND To update our experience with thoracic aortic stent-graft treatment over a 5-year period, with special consideration for the occurrence and management of complications. METHODS From December 2000 to June 2006, 52 patients with thoracic aortic pathologies underwent endovascular repair; there were 43 males (83%) and 9 females, mean age 63 +/- 19 years (range 17-87). Fourteen patients...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.127787