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The experience in the surgical treatment of @entity397 of the thoracic aorta is discussed. Twenty-two @entity1 were seen from 1970 to 1980. They were divided into three groups, according to delay between injury and aortic repair: 1 degree emergency group: 16 @entity1 ; 2 degree delayed group: 3 @entity1 ; 3 degrees chronic group: 3 @entity1 . All @entity1 had a widened @entity6830 and the aortography confirmed the diagnosis. In the first group four @entity1 died before surgery could be started and four after aortic repair from 10 days to 6 seeks postoperatively. In the second and third group all @entity1 survived. Of 22 cases, 21 @entity397 were located at the aortic isthmus and 1 at the aortic arch. Many @entity1 had various other injuries, skeletal, abdominal or cerebral. All, but one @entity1 , were operated with the aid of a partial pulsatile left heart bypass to avoid cerebral @entity101 and @entity299 , and to prevent kidney and @entity2759 . One @entity1 was operated, according to the method of Crawford, with blood pressure controlled with @entity1854 . We have not observed in our @entity1 paresis or @entity451 after surgery. The hospital mortality of the surgical treated @entity1 was 34% in the emergency group and 0% in the delayed and chronic group. Surgical treatment is essential in emergency situation, as a @entity397 may be fatal and repair of the chronic post-traumatic false @entity439 is advocated, as their prognosis is unpredictable.
