title: Complications of cerebrospinal fluid drainage in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
abstract: Spinal cord ischemia resulting in postoperative paraplegia is a devastating complication of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair, and has been attributed to many causes. To prevent spinal cord compartment syndrome, cerebrospinal fluid drainage has been used as an adjunct to thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair, with procedure-related complications generally occurring infrequently. We present two case reports of serious complications from CSF drainage.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and Pediatric Surgery, Department of Cardio-pulmonary and Vascular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. murahisa@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukube
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*