Delayed Management of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury: Open Surgical Versus Endovascular Repair [ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC]

Conclusions Delayed management of traumatic aortic injury was associated with satisfactory short- and long-term results without significant differences between open surgical and endovascular repair. However, the reduced invasiveness of endovascular repair can optimize operative timing allowing prompt aortic repair in unstable patients, earlier repair in stable patients, and, when indicated, easier concomitant non-aortic surgery.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Great vessels ORIGINAL ARTICLES: ADULT CARDIAC Source Type: research