title: Con: Patients at Risk for Spinal Cord Ischemia After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repairs Should Not Receive Prophylactic Cerebrospinal Fluid Drainage.
authors.affiliation: Division of Liver Transplant Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC. Electronic address: risaak@aims.unc.edu.
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Isaak
authors.affiliation: Division of Multispecialty Adult Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Furman
mesh_terms: D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D000075202:Contraindications; D004322:Drainage; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: cerebrospinal fluid drain; lumbar drains; spinal cord injury; thoracic endovascular aortic repair; thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm