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B.M.E. Mees (Barend), F.M.V. Bastos Gonçalves (Frederico), P.J. Koudstaal (Peter) and H.J.M. Verhagen (Hence)

2013-02-01

Late neurological recovery of paraplegia after endovascular repair of an infected thoracic aortic aneurysm

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Journal of Vascular Surgery , Volume 57 - Issue 2 p. 521- 524

Spinal cord ischemia is a potentially devastating complication after thoracic endovascular aorta repair (TEVAR). Patients with spinal cord ischemia after TEVAR often develop paraplegia, which is considered irreversible, and have significant increased postoperative morbidity and mortality. We report the case of a patient with unusual late complete neurologic recovery of acute-onset paraplegia after TEVAR for an infected thoracic aortic aneurysm.

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Keywords Streptococcus pneumonia, aged, antibiotic therapy, article, case report, computed tomographic angiography, endovascular aneurysm repair, human, image analysis, male, paraplegia, priority journal, spinal cord ischemia, thoracic aorta aneurysm, treatment outcome
Persistent URL doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2012.08.066, hdl.handle.net/1765/38910
Journal Journal of Vascular Surgery
Organisation Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam
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Mees, B., Bastos Gonçalves, F., Koudstaal, P., & Verhagen, H. (2013). Late neurological recovery of paraplegia after endovascular repair of an infected thoracic aortic aneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 57(2), 521–524. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2012.08.066
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