title: Adjuncts during surgery of the thoracoabdominal aorta and their impact on neurologic outcome: distal aortic perfusion and cerebrospinal fluid drainage.
abstract: The adjunct (distal aortic perfusion, cerebrospinal fluid drainage, and moderate hypothermia) has been our mainstay in the prevention of paraplegia and paraparesis during repair of the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Estrera
authors.forename: Charles C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azizzadeh
authors.forename: Hazim J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Safi