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Chest, Vol 97, 1307-1309, Copyright © 1990 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Multiple traumatic disruptions of the thoracic aorta

AJ DelRossi, AC Cernaianu, JH Cilley Jr, L Madden and RK Spence
Department of Surgery, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden 08103.

Surgical therapy for acute traumatic transection of the thoracic aorta is widely debated in the literature. However, little is published regarding therapy for unusual intraoperative findings, especially when the existence of multiple tears of the aortic wall would increase the operative difficulties and the associated risks. Our report concerns the presentation of three consecutive cases where multiple traumatic transections of the thoracic aorta could not be diagnosed by standard preoperative techniques. Our attention is focused on different technical options and their outcome when unusual intraoperative findings are present. We concluded that the event of unusual intraoperative findings may change the initial surgical management in favor of a more definitive procedure which usually carries a longer aortic cross-clamp time. In this instance, the availability of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) techniques is warranted.


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