title: [20 years surgery of the thoracic aorta].
abstract: Between 1969 and 1990, 119 patients underwent operations for aneurysmatic disease of the thoracic aorta in our department: 63 patients suffered from an aneurysm of the ascending aorta, 32 from an acute dissection (26 Type A, 6 Type B), 2 from an isolated aneurysm of the arch, 10 from an aneurysm of the descending aorta and 12 had a traumatic rupture of the aorta. The death rate due to operations for aneurysms of the thoracic aorta and acute type A dissections was clearly lowered. In case of an acute type A dissection emergency intervention is indicated; in acute type B dissection primarily conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Herzchirurgie, Chir. Univ.-Klinik, Erlangen.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noppeney
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Altmeppen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weltz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: von der Emde
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate