The thoracoabdominal incision furnishes the wide ... the liability to such accidents as uncontrollable hemorrhage and injury to the vena cava, spleen, colon or duodenum, which have sometimes ...

The aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...