Early Aortic Repair Worsens Concurrent Traumatic Brain Injury Joseph Rabin, MD, Donald G. Harris, MD, Gordon A. Crews, BS, Michelle Ho, BS, Bradley S. Taylor, MD, PhD, Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD, James V. O'Connor, MD, Thomas M. Scalea, MD, Robert S. Crawford, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 98, Issue 1, Pages 46-52 (July 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.025 Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Patient selection and study groups. Early repair is defined as aortic intervention within 24 hours of admission. (AIS = Abbreviated Injury Scale; BTAI = blunt thoracic aortic injury; non-op = nonoperative management; TBI = traumatic brain injury.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2014 98, 46-52DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.04.025) Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions