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Reproducable Paraplegia by Thoracic Aortic Occlusion in a Murine Model of Spinal Cord Ischemia-reperfusion
Published on: March 3, 2014
Delayed onset of ascending paralysis after thoracic aortic stent graft deployment
K Kasirajan1, B Dolmatch, K Ouriel
1Departments of Vascular Surgery and Intervention Radiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Abstract:
Delayed spinal cord ischemia after thoracic aortic aneurysm repair is an infrequent but devastating complication. The use of stent grafts to exclude aortic aneurysms is thought to decrease the incidence of the neurologic deficit because there is no period of significant aortic occlusion. We report a case of paraplegia that progressed to quadriplegia occurring 48 hours after the apparently successful deployment of a thoracic aortic stent graft.
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