Abstract

Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) is a devastating complication of aortic repair with multiple strategies developed specifically to prevent and mitigate its occurrence by preserving spinal cord perfusion. This includes permissive hypertension, limiting endovascular aortic coverage, reattachment of intercostal arteries during open repair, steroid infusion, and spinal fluid drainage.1-4

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