• Left thoracotomy approach |
‐ bleeding, haemothorax |
‐ chylothorax |
‐ recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy |
‐ phrenic nerve palsy |
‐ Horner’s syndrome |
‐ paradoxical hypertension (risk of suture leak) |
‐ paraplegia |
‐ left arm impaired growth/ischaemia (subclavian flap repair) |
‐ vertebro-basilar ischaemia (subclavian flap repair) |
‐ cerebral ischaemia (extended arch repair) |
• Cardiopulmonary bypass |
‐ bleeding |
‐ cerebral ischaemia |
‐ myocardial dysfunction |
‐ recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy |
‐ Horner’s syndrome |
‐ paradoxical hypertension (risk of suture leak) |
• Catheter intervention |
‐ femoral artery occlusion/pseudoaneurysm |
‐ aortic dissection/aneurysm/rupture |
‐ paraplegia (? with covered stent) |
‐ stent migration/malposition |