Descending aortic injury by a thoracic pedicle screw during posterior reconstructive surgery: A case report

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Watanabe, Kei ^a   Yamazaki, Akiyoshi ^a   Hirano, Toru ^b   Izumi, Tomohiro ^a   Sano, Atsuki ^a   Morita, Osamu ^b   Kikuchi, Ren ^b   Ito, Takui ^b  

^a Niigata Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

aorta; iatrogenic injury; pedicle screw; thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; AORTA INJURY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MYELOGRAPHY; OSTEOTOMY; PARAPLEGIA; PEDICLE SCREW; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORAX DRAINAGE;

AORTA, THORACIC; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77957335306     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ed29c1     Document Type: Article

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