Shock Trauma surgeons tout benefits of less invasive aorta fix

A traumatic injury to the aorta is one of the most deadly injuries from a vehicle crash, but surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center are using a less invasive procedure they say offers hope for survival.

“It takes one of the top things that are a threat to their life off the table,” said Dr. David Neschis, a vascular surgeon and lead author of a review of the aortic injury treatments appearing Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.