Ricardo Lazala

TL;DR: This experience suggests that routine surgical implantation of segmental vessels is not indicated, and that, with evolving understanding of spinal cord perfusion, endovascular repair of the entire thoracic aorta should ultimately be possible without spinal cord injury.

TL;DR: A staged approach to extensive thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair may reduce the incidence of spinal cord injury, of particular importance in designing strategies involving hybrid or entirely endovascular procedures.

TL;DR: This study supports experimental data showing that SCPP drops markedly but then recovers gradually during the first several hours after extensive SA sacrifice, and direct monitoring may help prevent a fall of SCPP below levels critical for spinal cord recovery after surgery and endovascular repair of descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.

TL;DR: During descending thoracic aortic and thoracoabdominal aorti aneurysm repairs, the use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest results in improved postoperative adverse outcome rates compared with non-deep Hypothermic Circulatory arrest techniques.