Routine intercostal artery reattachment strategy reduces delayed and permanent spinal cord injury after open descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Two strategies of ICA reattachment did not impact the incidence of immediate SCI, which was infrequent, but the selective strategy was associated with greater rates of delayed permanent SCI. Reattachment of the ICAs within T8-T12 should be performed during open DTAA/TAAA.
Authors
- Harleen K. Sandhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-4345)
- Anthony L. Estrera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6594-6647)
- Shaofeng Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9622-417X)
- Rana O. Afifi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0152-2228)
- Kelsie Kiser
- Akiko Tanaka
- Hung Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0641-3082)
- Hazim J. Safi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9390-9941)
- Alexander M. Mills
- Charles C. Miller
Institutions
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JTCVS Techniques
- Published
- 2024-08-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.07.018
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42
Funders
- National Institutes of Health