Ihaya A, Morioka K, Uesaka T, Chiba Y, Muraoka R
2nd Department of Surgery, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. 1993 Nov;46(12):1056-8.
A 31-year-old man was injured in an automobile accident. He was suspected to have a rupture of the thoracic aorta because the widening of mediastinum was demonstrated on a chest X-ray film. Aortography (IV-DSA) was performed to confirm the diagnosis. Prosthetic graft interposition for the rupture of the aortic isthmus was accomplished with the aid of left heart bypass using the Biomedicus Centrifugal Pump with limited systemic heparinization (0.8 mg/kg). This adjunct appears to be useful to avoid the paraplegia and to reduce the blood loss.
