title: How I do it: thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm graft replacement.
abstract: A technique of aortic graft replacement in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair is described. The author's experience with the surgical adjuncts of cerebrospinal fluid drainage and distal aortic perfusion, and the evolution and rationale of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm classification are discussed. Interpretation of the large amount of data that the author has accumulated would have been impossible without such a system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. hsafi@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Safi
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control