Regional spinal cord cooling using a countercurrent closed-lumen epidural catheter.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.045.
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Abstract
We developed a method of regional spinal cord cooling by using an epidural catheter containing cold saline in its isolated counter-current lumen. We describe the clinical application of this innovative procedure to the prevention of paraplegia during surgery for thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.
Medical subject headings
- Catheterization
- Paraplegia
- Postoperative Complications
- Sodium Chloride
- Spinal Cord