TEVAR versus open repair of blunt traumatic descending aortic injury in polytraumatic patients involved in motor vehicle accidents

TEVAR versus open repair of blunt traumatic descending aortic injury in polytraumatic patients involved in motor vehicle accidents

Abstract Background Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is the standard-of-care for treating traumatic aortic injury (TAI). Few retrospective studies compared TEVAR to open repair in blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI). Our objectives were to compare the early outcomes of TEVAR for blunt tr...

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Main Authors: Imthiaz Manoly, Mohamed El Tahan, Maymoona Al Shuaibi, Fatimah Adel, Mohammed Al Harbi, Yasser Elghoneimy, Mohamed Abdel Hafez Fouly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-02-01
Series:The Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Subjects:
TEVAR
Traumatic descending aortic injury, open repair
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43057-021-00040-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43057-021-00040-9

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