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Open Repair of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury Without Shunt, and Using a Woven Dacron Graft

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Preoperative Preparation

  1. 1.

    Place multiple large-bore intravenous lines.

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    Utilize double-lumen endotracheal tube.

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    Place right radial arterial monitoring line.

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    Consider PA catheter.

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    Ensure all IV fluids are warmed.

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    Ensure generous blood supply available.

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  1. Panamerican Trauma Society, Wexford, PA, USA

    Aurelio Rodriguez

  2. Colonel, US Army Medical Corps (Retired), Surgeon, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, Richmond, VA, USA

    David C. Elliott

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  1. Department of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

    Paula Ferrada

  2. Universidad Del Valle, Cali, Colombia

    Ricardo Ferrada

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Rodriguez, A., Elliott, D.C. (2020). Open Repair of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury Without Shunt, and Using a Woven Dacron Graft. In: Ferrada, P., Ferrada, R. (eds) Atlas of Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26871-8_4

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