title: [Technical advances in the surgical management of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms].
abstract: Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmectomy ranks among the major cardiovascular surgical procedures. During the last two decades perioperative results have improved to the point that surgery should be discussed in the vast majority of patients seen with a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. This progress is largely attributable to a variety of technical improvements including: aortic reconstruction using the graft inclusion technique, usually with direct reattachment of aortic branches to the prosthetic graft; distal aortic perfusion; selective use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in anatomically complex situations; preoperative visualization of arterial blood supply to the spinal cord using selective arteriography of intercostal and lumbar arteries. Current perioperative mortality is around 10% whereas the spinal cord complication rate is between 5% and 20% according to clinical and anatomical conditions. Future efforts should concentrate on the prevention of spinal cord complications.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kieffer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koskas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahnini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brami
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sabatier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seban
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Progrès techniques dans la chirurgie des anévrysmes de l'aorte thoraco-abdominale.