Iatrogenic upper abdominal aortic injury with pseudoaneurysm during spinal surgery

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 729-731

  Lim, Kun Eng ^a,b   Fan, Kuo Feng ^a   Wong, Yon Cheong ^a   Hsu, Yuan Yu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chang Gung Medical Village   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0032891285     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199904000-00032     Document Type: Article

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