title: Treatment methods for spinal cord injury caused by acute type B aortic dissection.
abstract: Acute distal aortic dissection rarely causes spinal cord ischemia presenting with paraplegia or paraparesis. Spinal cord involvement has poor outcomes, and there is no established effective treatment for this disorder. In this report we describe the acute conservative treatment of two cases of paraplegia/paraparesis due to acute type B aortic dissection. Early reversal of lower-limb dysmobility was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo 0608543, Japan. fuji@sapmed.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Kiyofumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: Johji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fukada
authors.forename: Nobuyoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawaharada
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hachiro
authors.forename: Tomio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009270:Naloxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020335:Paraparesis; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D009270:Naloxone