title: Simultaneous repair of multiple traumatic aortic tears.
abstract: A 34-year-old man suffered simultaneous tears of his distal ascending and mid-descending thoracic aorta secondary to blunt trauma. Repairs of both injuries were performed via a median sternotomy approach followed by a left lateral thoracotomy using two separate methods of cardiopulmonary bypass.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655-0304, USA.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lancey
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Davliakos
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Vander Salm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery