Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR
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J Vasc Interv Radiol · Aug 2008
Review Meta AnalysisEndovascular stent-graft or open surgical repair for blunt thoracic aortic trauma: systematic review.
To evaluate the available data on stent-graft repair of acute blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury with regard to safety and efficacy compared with conventional open surgical repair. ⋯ The available cohort and case series data support stent-graft repair as a highly successful technique that may reduce mortality and paraplegia rates by half compared with open surgery. These data support endograft repair as first-line therapy for blunt thoracic aortic trauma.