Table 3 Current risk of thoracic aortic surgery¹⁰.

	Mortality	Stroke	Paraplegia
Ascending aorta/aortic arch	2.5%	8.3%	0.0%
Descending aorta/ thoracoabdominal aorta	8.2%	4.1%	2.0%

Data for allcomers, including elective cases and most experienced surgeons.¹⁰