Journal
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jpm12101629
Keywords
aortic repair; aneurysm; vascular surgery; neuroprotection; neuromonitoring; CSF drainage
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Thoraco-abdominal aortic repair is a high-risk surgery with the major complication of spinal cord injury leading to paralysis. Modern techniques involve multiple strategies to reduce the risk of spinal cord ischemia, with lumbar CSF drainage being one of the most effective strategies.
Thoraco-abdominal aortic repair is a high-risk surgery for both mortality and morbidity. A major complication is paraplegia-paralysis due to spinal cord injury. Modern thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair techniques involve multiple strategies to reduce the risk of spinal cord ischemia during and after surgery. These include both surgical and anaesthesiologic approaches to optimize spinal cord perfusion by staging the procedure, guaranteeing perfusion of the distal aorta through various techniques (left atrium-left femoral artery by-pass) by pharmacological and monitoring interventions or by maximizing oxygen delivery and inducing spinal cord hypothermia. Lumbar CSF drainage alone or in combination with other techniques remains one of the most used and effective strategies. This narrative review overviews the current techniques to prevent or avoid spinal cord injury during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms repair.
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