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The frozen elephant trunk repair is a technique described to simplify total arch repair for Stanford Type A aortic dissection. Spinal cord ischemia is a devastating complication following frozen elephant… Click to show full abstract
The frozen elephant trunk repair is a technique described to simplify total arch repair for Stanford Type A aortic dissection. Spinal cord ischemia is a devastating complication following frozen elephant trunk repair. In this report, we describe a case of spinal cord ischemia resulting in paralysis following frozen elephant trunk repair. Our spinal cord ischemia protocol was implemented and rescued the patient from paraplegia. We report a dedicated spinal cord ischemia protocol that can rescue patients from paraplegia following hybrid arch repair with frozen elephant trunk.
Journal Title: Annals of vascular surgery
Year Published: 2020
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