Strategies to protect the spinal cord during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

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I INTRODUCTION Spinal cord protection during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

2 The influence of regional spinal cord hypothermia on transcranial myogenic motor-evoked potential monitoring and the efficacy of spinal cord ischemia detection

3 Epidural versus subdural spinal cord cooling: cerebrospinal fluid temperature and pressure changes

4 Selective segmental artery perfusion during aortic cross-clamping preserves spinal cord neurophysiologic function in pigs

5 Selective segmental artery perfusion during aortic cross-clamping prevents paraplegia in pigs

6 Strategies to prevent neurologic deficit based on motor-evoked potentials in type I and II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

7 Comparison of transcranial motor-evoked potentials and somatosensory-evoked potentials during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

8 General discussion and concluding remarks

9 Summary & Nederlandse samenvatting

10 Dankwoord

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