Citation

Ndiaye M, Le Clerc JL, De Smet JM, Goldstein JP, Joris M, Primo G. Dakar Med. 1990; 35(2): 182-185.

Vernacular Title

Rupture traumatique de l'isthme de l'aorte thoracique (resultats a moyen terme

Affiliation

Service de Chirurgie cardiaque, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Societe Medicale D Afrique Noire De Langue Francaise)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2135791

Abstract

The authors present a series of 15 cases of traumatic disruption of the aortic isthmus. There were 9 cases of acute rupture and 6 of chronic rupture. All the patients have been operated on. Different technics was used to protect the viscera during aortic cross-clamping, partial E.C.C. in 9 cases, clamp-repair technic in 4 cases and a GOTT shunt in 2 cases. 4 patients died in the first thirty days (3 acute and 1 chronic). 2 cases of paraplegia was observed. All the patients have been reviewed after a mean follow-up of 36 months and remain well but one who is still paraplegic. Surgical repair is mandatory in acute and aortic disruption with a great attention to the associated injuries.

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