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MEDICOLEGAL CORNER. Failure to replace obstructed lumbar drain after thoracic-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair leads to paraplegia
BACKGROUND: To avoid spinal cord ischemia following endovascular/open thoracic-abdominal aortic aneurysm (T-AAA) repair, lumbar drains (LDs) are placed to reduce intraspinal pressure, and increase spinal perfusion pressure. Here, we present a medicolegal case in which a critical care (CC) physician...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Scientific Scholar
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8168672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34084634 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_191_2021 |