PMID: 15253320Jul 16, 2004Paper

Immediate endovascular stent-graft repair of an acute traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta: case report and subject review

South African Journal of Surgery. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif Vir Chirurgie
Ian C DuncanJan I C Coetzee

Abstract

We describe a case of emergency endovascular stent-graft placement for acute traumatic rupture of the thoracic aorta in a patient with an associated unstable type II odontoid fracture. The stent-graft placement procedure was performed within 4 hours of admission under sedation and local anaesthesia while the neck remained externally splinted. After exclusion of the rupture the patient could then undergo treatment of the associated cervical fracture and other injuries.

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