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

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

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