Acute thermal injury associated with cerebral protection in the surgical management of aortic dissection

Abstract

A 53 year old male presented with a type I acute aortic dissection managed surgically, with placement of a tube graft and aortic valve re-suspension procedure. We present a complication associated with the adjunct cerebral protection employed, in the form of an acute cold injury in the right occipital region secondary to packing the head in ice.