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Endovascular Repair for TAA

Article Taken from Covenant Healthcare

Norbert Baumgartner, MD is the first Cardiovascular/Thoracic surgeon north of Detroit to utilize a new treatment for patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA).

Endovascular repair, a relatively new procedure for the treatment of TAA, is less invasive than open surgery. "The significant benefits of this repair over the old repair is that is eliminates a lot of the major complications," says Dr. Baumgartner. "Especially the risk for paraplegia, which with an open procedure is 15 percent or less. That is a huge benefit." The recovery is also much quicker and easier for the patient. The procedure involves sealing off the aneurysm by placing the endovascular graft inside of the diseased aorta, re-lining and making a new path for blood flow.

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