Spinal Cord Perfusion and Protection During Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Surgery: The Collateral Network Concept Randall B. Griepp, MD, Eva B. Griepp, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages S865-S869 (February 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.092 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 This figure displays, in chronologic order, the extent of segmental artery sacrifice in each of 100 patients operated on from October 2002 to December 2004. *The patients who died. **Patients who sustained paraplegia. The shaded area corresponds to segmental pairs between T7 and L1. (Reprinted from Etz CD, et al. Thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair: is reimplantation of spinal cord arteries a waste of time? Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:1670–7 [10], with permission.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 83, S865-S869DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.092) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions