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Surgery today · May 2018

Review

Spinal cord injury as a complication of thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair.

Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) is a devastating complication of thoracic aortic aneurysm repair in the era of thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR). This review aims to clarify the causes of SCI during TEVAR and to propose ways that it may be prevented. ⋯ After reviewing the mechanism of SCI during TEVAR, we evaluated promising preventative measures.

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