Neurologic deficit in patients treated for types I and II TAAA was reduced significantly by perioperative cerebral spinal fluid drainage and distal aortic perfusion.

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While RVP did not reduce neurologic injury, neither did it increase morbidity. In humans the method is technically feasible and free from major problems. Further animal studies and randomized trials are underway at our center.

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The optimal outcome of axilloaxillary bypass grafting supports its use as the most valuable surgical alternative to transthoracic anatomic reconstructions for innominate lesion, long stenosis of the subclavian artery, and short subclavian artery stenosis associated with ispilateral carotid artery lesions.