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Spinal Cord Protection Including Localization of Arterial Radicularis Magna

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The etiology of spinal cord injury after descending or thoracoabdominal operation is multifactorial. There are three major events that may cause the injury. This review addresses the second, namely the operative management of the segmental intercostal and lumbar arteries. However, failure to address any of the etiological events may result in injury, and thus a multimodal approach is required to prevent spinal cord injury.

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  1. Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, USA

    Lars G. Svensson

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Shiaki Kawada M.D. , Toshihiko Ueda M.D.  & Hideyuki Shimizu M.D. ,  & 

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Svensson, L.G. (2001). Spinal Cord Protection Including Localization of Arterial Radicularis Magna. In: Kawada, S., Ueda, T., Shimizu, H. (eds) Cardio-aortic and Aortic Surgery. Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences and Medicine, vol 7. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65934-1_27

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