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Aortic Injury
Open surgical repair is better for young patients without brain injury
April 11th, 2006
Open surgical repair (OR) is better for young patients without brain injury, while endovascular stent-grafting (SG) is preferable for older patients. "Although endovascular SG has become acceptable for blunt aortic injury (BAI), OR does provide reliable, good long-term results. A current surgical strategy for BAI, taking account of associated brain injury, is presented and preferable initial management for BAT is proposed," researchers in Japan report. Y. Kurimoto and colleagues from Sapporo Medical University wrote, "The surgical strategy for BAT was established in 2001: SG is performed for patients with obvious brain injuries, but OR is performed...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2006-04-11)
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