Recovery of lost motor evoked potentials in open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair using intercostal artery bypass

Ischemia of the spinal cord remains a disastrous complication in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) surgery. We report a case of open type I TAAA repair during which no motor evoked potentials were detectable for >1 hour after aortic cross-clamping. The creation of three intercostal artery b...

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Main Authors: Alexander Gombert, MD, Jochen Grommes, MD, Danny Hilkman, MD, Drosos Kotelis, MD, Werner H. Mess, MD, PhD, Michael J. Jacobs, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246842871830008X