[Surgical treatment of aneurysms of the thoraco-abdominal aorta]

Surgical treatment of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms, E. Kieffer. Thoracoabdominal aneurysms have a high potential for rupture, that justifies extensive indications for surgery. Mortality and spinal cord injury rates depend on age and general condition of the patient as well as extent and etiology of the aneurysm and the possibility of preoperative visualization of spinal cord arteries.