Abstract:

Despite improvements in surgical practice and postoperative care, the large transperitoneal approaches used in elective aortic reconstructive surgery are still associated with a relatively high perioperative morbidity and mortality rate, even in patients who are good risks for undergoing aortic surgery. This perioperative morbidity is partly caused by major surgical trauma.

Authors:

György Weber, M.D., Ph.D., Medical University of Pecs, Pecs, Hungary; Geza J. Jako, M.D., Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Zoltan Szabo, Ph.D., F.I.C.S., M.O.E.T. Institute, San Francisco, CA, Fetal Treatment Center, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

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