Pro: cerebrospinal fluid drainage protects the spinal cord during thoracoabdominal aortic reconstruction surgery.
Afifi
Sherif
S
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8051, USA. sherifafifi@pol.net
D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D002404:Catheterization; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*