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The Role of Stent-Grafts in the Management of Aortic Trauma

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Stent graft has resulted in major advances in the treatment of trauma patients with blunt traumatic aortic injury (TAI) and has become the preferred method of treatment at many trauma centers. In this review, we provide an overview of the place of stent grafts for the management of this disease. As a whole, TEVAR repair of TAIs offers a survival advantage and reduction in major morbidity, including paraplegia, compared with open surgery. However, endovascular procedures in trauma require a sophisticated multidisciplinary and experienced team approach. More research and development of TAI-specific endograft devices is needed and large, multicenter studies will help to clarify the role of TEVAR compared with open repair of TAI.

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Herve Rousseau is a Consultant for Medtronic – Gore – Bolton. None of the other authors has any potential conflict of interest.

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    Hervé Rousseau, Omar Elaassar, Valérie Chabbert, Sophie Combelles, Ramiro Moreno, Philippe Otal & Julien Auriol

  2. Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, Rangueil Hospital, Toulouse, France

    Bertrand Marcheix, Christophe Cron, Camille Dambrin & Bertrand Leobon

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Rousseau, H., Elaassar, O., Marcheix, B. et al. The Role of Stent-Grafts in the Management of Aortic Trauma. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 35, 2–14 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-011-0135-9

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