Thoracic aorta aneurysm as a complication after transpedicular stabilization of the thoracic vertebral column - a case study;Anévrisme de l'aorte thoracique compliquant une stabilisation transpédiculaire de la colonne thoracique. À propos d'un cas

Annales de Readaptation et de Medecine Physique

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-49

  Mackiewicz Milewska, M ^a   Lach, S ^a   Mackiewicz Nartowicz, H ^b  

^a Service de réhabilitation d'hôpital universitaire de Bydgoszcz   (Poland)

^b Service de otho rhino laryngologie d'hôpital universitaire de Bydgoszcz   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Transpedicular stabilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 37849040683     PISSN: 01686054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annrmp.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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