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Vikraman Gunabushanam1, Nitin Mishra, Julio Calderin
1Division of Vascular Surgery, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|March 13, 2010
Abstract:
Blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injury in children is very rare. Open surgical repair is the definitive treatment. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for trauma has been performed in adults with good outcomes. Its use has been adopted in pediatric population, and its role is evolving. We report a successful TEVAR in a critically injured 11-year-old boy. To our knowledge, this is the youngest patient to be successfully treated with TEVAR.