Potential large vessel injury during thoracolumbar pedicle screw removal: A case report

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-113

  Vanichkachorn, Jed S ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,b   Cohen, Murray J ^a   Cotler, Jerome M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

complication; pedicle screw; vessel injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AORTA; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031012808     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199701010-00018     Document Type: Article

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