1. Simultaneous repair of multiple traumatic aortic tears
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Robert A Lancey, Thomas J. Vander Salm, and George P. Davliakos
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Adult ,Male ,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Aortic Rupture ,Aorta, Thoracic ,Wounds, Nonpenetrating ,Aortic disease ,law.invention ,law ,medicine.artery ,Lateral thoracotomy ,Cardiopulmonary bypass ,medicine ,Humans ,Thoracic aorta ,Median sternotomy approach ,Aorta ,business.industry ,Surgery ,Blunt trauma ,Anesthesia ,Tears ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Vascular Surgical Procedures - Abstract
A 34-year-old man suffered simultaneous tears of his distal ascending and mid-descending thoracic aorta secondary to blunt trauma. Repairs of both injuries were performed via a median sternotomy approach followed by a left lateral thoracotomy using two separate methods of cardiopulmonary bypass.
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- 1995
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