[The use of the Gott shunt in the surgical repair of a dissecting aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta]

C Abad; C Castellanos; V Nieto; J J Feijoo; J Díaz; A Diluch; C Santana; I Coello; A Rodríguez Pérez

[The use of the Gott shunt in the surgical repair of a dissecting aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta]

Angiologia. 1992 Jul-Aug;44(4):144-8.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

C Abad¹, C Castellanos, V Nieto, J J Feijoo, J Díaz, A Diluch, C Santana, I Coello, A Rodríguez Pérez

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Hospital N. S. del Pino, España.

PMID: 1416229

Abstract

A 49-years-old man was operated on of a descending thoracic dissecting aneurysm by means of a heparin-less external Gott shunt. A review of spinal irrigation, neurological deficits postclamping of the descending thoracic aorta and methods of spinal preservation in aortic surgery are presented.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnosis
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / diagnosis
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Assisted Circulation / methods*
Constriction
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Radiography