Role of conservative management in traumatic aortic injury: Comparison of long-term results of conservative, surgical, and endovascular treatment Victor X. Mosquera, MD, Milagros Marini, MD, PhD, José M. Lopez-Perez, MD, PhD, Javier Muñiz-Garcia, MD, PhD, José M. Herrera, MD, PhD, Ignacio Cao, MD, José J. Cuenca, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 142, Issue 3, Pages 614-621 (September 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.044 Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flowchart depicts the modification in patient management since the use of emergency aortic endografting at the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 142, 614-621DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.044) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan–Meier survival curves of conservative, surgical, and endovascular groups, including in-hospital mortality. There is a clear trend toward a greater long-term survival in the endovascular group, without being statistically significant (P = .59). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 142, 614-621DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.044) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Cumulative survival free from aortic-related complications in the surviving patients of the conservative group after hospital discharge (n = 29). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2011 142, 614-621DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.044) Copyright © 2011 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions