[Surgery of thoraco-abdominal aneurysms. Personal experience in 35 cases]

The paper describes the authors personal experience of the surgical treatment of thoracoabdominal aneurysms. Thirty-five patients underwent surgery during the period from 1972 to the present. Operative mortality is compared according to the different surgical approaches used. Special attention is paid to the techniques of protecting the spinal cord, and in particular to liquor drainage.