title: Hyperbaric oxygenation treatment of acute paraplegia after resection of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: Acute spinal cord ischemic injury after resection of thoracoabdominal aneurysm remains a relatively common and potentially devastating complication. The complete resolution of postoperative paraplegia after resection of a type II thoracoabdominal aneurysm, after treatment with hyperbaric oxygenation, is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Puttaswamy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Frawley
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007511:Ischemia / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000628:therapy*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply; D016896:Treatment Outcome