Vertebral erosion and paraplegia due to expanding thoracic aneurysm.
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1010-7940/$ see front matter Q 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.04.040 * Corresponding author. Tel.: C34 93 227479; fax: C34 93 4514898. E-mail address: [email protected] (C.-A. Mestres). The aorta was successfully replaced with a 16 mm cryopreserved homograft. Cultures showed no growth. Paraplegia is a devastating complication of aortic aneurysms. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 28 (2005) 325 www.elsevier.com/locate/ejcts
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
دوره 28 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005