Aortoiliac vascular injuries after misplacement of fixation screws

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 870-874

  Lopera, Jorge E ^a   Restrepo, Carlos S ^a   Gonzales, Arturo ^b   Trimmer, Clayton K ^c   Arko, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedicle screws; Spinal surgery; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA WALL; AORTAILIAC VASCULAR INJURY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIMB AMPUTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77958184894     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181f0bd55     Document Type: Article

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