Minimally Invasive Segmental Artery Occlusion Prior to Endovascular Repair of Thoraco-Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm to Reduce the Risk of Spinal Cord Injury

Introduction - Minimal invasive segmental artery occlusion (MISAO) has been clinically introduced as an entirely endovascular approach to stage the segmental artery (SA) sacrifice in several sessions prior to total endovascular repair (ER) of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) and thereby reduce ischemic spinal cord injury (iSCI) (1,2). The aim of our study was to report on our initial clinical experience and the SCI rates after MISAO and endovascular repair of TAAA.
Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research