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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1023-1024
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Spinal cord protection during descending aortic aneurysm repair: Reply

Anthony L. Estrera, MDa, Charles C. Miller, III, PhDa, Hazim J. Safi, MDa

a Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Hermann Memorial Hospital, 6410 Fannin, Suite 450, Houston, TX 77030, USA

e-mail: hazim.j.safi@uth.tmc.edu

To the Editor

We appreciate the interest in our manuscript [1] and the comments made by Dr Kazui. He and his colleagues advocate the use of distal aortic perfusion for most thoracic aortic repairs and reserve cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage for the more extensive aneurysms, such as type II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. In their opinion, CSF drainage may not be necessary for procedures in which cross-clamp periods are less than 30 to 40 minutes.

From a practical standpoint, it is difficult . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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