Simultaneous repair of multiple traumatic aortic tears.
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.
Lancey
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Division of Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655-0304, USA.
Davliakos
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GP
Vander Salm
T J
TJ
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