Tratamiento endovascular del trauma de aorta descendente / Endovascular treatment of descending aorta trauma
Rev. méd. Chile
; 133(4): 403-408, abr. 2005. ilus
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RESUMO
Background:
Mortality of traumatic aortic lesions is over 80 percent. A group of those who survive, develop a chronic pseudo aneurism, usually asymptomatic, that is detected during imaging studies. Since conventional surgical treatment of traumatic aortic lesions has a great mortality, endovascular treatment has been used as an alternative treatment in the last decade.Aim:
To report our experience with endovascular treatment of traumatic aortic lesions. Patients andmethods:
Report of seven patients aged 22 to 65 years, with traumatic aortic lesions. Under general anesthesia an endovascular prosthesis was inserted through the femoral artery.Results:
No complications were observed in the postoperative period, and after a follow up ranging from 4 to 40 months, no endoleaks or other complications have been detected.Conclusions:
Endovascular treatment of traumatic aortic lesions has good immediate and midterm results.
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Asunto principal:
Aorta Torácica
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Rotura de la Aorta
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Es
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2005
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Article