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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2018; 06(01): 037-040
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1639379
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Buttocks Hard as Rocks: Not Wanted after Aortic Dissection Repair

Maude Cameron-Gagné
1   Service of Cardiac Surgery, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
,
Luc Bédard
2   Service of Orthopedics, CHU de Québec, Department of Surgery, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
,
Valérie Lafrenière-Bessi
1   Service of Cardiac Surgery, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
,
Marie-Hélène Lévesque
3   Medical Imaging, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, v, Canada
,
François Dagenais
1   Service of Cardiac Surgery, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
,
Stéphan Langevin
4   Intensive Care, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec city, Quebec, Canada
,
Maxime Laflamme
1   Service of Cardiac Surgery, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
,
Pierre Voisine
1   Service of Cardiac Surgery, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
,
Frédéric Jacques
1   Service of Cardiac Surgery, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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27 July 2018 (online)

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Abstract

The authors report the case of a patient developing a gluteal compartment syndrome after DeBakey type I dissection repair. Prompt recognition and treatment led to successful results. The surgical approach to the gluteal compartment is described.

Keywords

gluteal compartment syndrome - type A aortic dissection repair - aortic dissection complication
 

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