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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 16.
Published in final edited form as: Can J Anaesth. 2017 Oct 10;64(12):1218–1235. doi: 10.1007/s12630-017-0974-1

Table 3.

Indications for the use of CSF drain in TEVAR.

  1. Anticipated endograft coverage of T8–L1*

  2. Coverage of a long segment of thoracic aorta (>30 cm)

  3. Compromised collateral pathways; e.g., previous infrarenal aortic aneurysm repair, occluded hypogastric arteries, coverage of the left subclavian artery without revascularization

  4. Symptomatic spinal ischemia in a patient who did not have a drain placed preoperatively

*

especially the intercostal/lumber arteries that supply the Adamkiewicz artery identified by preoperative CT/MRI angiography. From Uchida et al. General Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery, 2014 Jul; 62(7):391–7, Reprinted with permission)14