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Effect of Lumbar Drainage on the Outcome of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR): Contemporary Results

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Tamer Owais , Ashraf Fawzy , Waled Saad , Mahmoud Salah El Din , Farouk AL Alfy , Jürgen Fuchs , Martin Breuer and Thomas Kuntze

Background: Despite the utmost development and arousal of new techniques as TEVAR in the management of lethal aortic aneurysms and dissecting aortic aneurysms using, we still need to optimize the results through better spinal cord protection for the possible intercostal arteries especially the Adamqiewckz artery. Here we are focusing on the impact of spinal cord protection on the outcome in cases of TEVAR.
Materials and methods: Between May 2007 and May 2017; in Saudi German Hospital (SGH); Madina Munawarah, KSA and central clinic in Bad Berka; Germany. 41 TEVAR procedures were performed. Medtronic Valiant device with the Captiva delivery system was recently used to manage variety of cases of aortic dissection (6 trauma cases, 27 cases of hypertension i... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000315

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