Delayed presentation of aortic injury by pedicle screws: Report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1074-1082

  Kakkos, Stavros K ^a   Shepard, Alexander D ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA INJURY; AORTA PERFORATION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKITIS; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PEDICLE SCREW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749084832     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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