Impending aortic penetration following thoracolumbar spinal fixation: A case study

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-58

  Klodell, Charles T ^a   Vlasak, Richard ^a   Martin, Tomas D ^a   Janelle, Gregory ^a   Beaver, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic injury; Spinal fixation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; NEUROLOGY; SURGERY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC INJURY; SPINAL FIXATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA INJURY; AORTA PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; REOPERATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39349109486     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v17.i1.80     Document Type: Article

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