Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 421-426 , September 2007

Spinal cord ischemia may be reduced via a novel technique of intercostal artery revascularization during open thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair

Presented at the Thirty-fifth Annual Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Meeting in March 21-24, 2007.

  • Edward Y. Woo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Edward Y. Woo, MD, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 4 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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  • Michael Mcgarvey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, and the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
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  • Benjamin M. Jackson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • Joseph E. Bavaria, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • Ronald M. Fairman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa
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  • Albert Pochettino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa

Received 13 March 2007 ,Accepted 17 April 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00732-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.04.048

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 421-426 , September 2007

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