Late diagnosis of pedicle screw malplacement with perforation of the thoracic aorta after posterior stabilization in a patient with multiple myeloma: Case report

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Tschoeke, Sven K ^a,b   Gahr, Patrick ^b   Krug, Lasse ^b   Kasper, Antje S ^b   Heyde, Christoph E ^a,b   Ertel, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

multiple myeloma; pedicle screw; Posterior stabilization; thoracic spine; vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDICLE SCREW; PEDICLE SCREW MALPOSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRA BODY;

AORTA, THORACIC; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE SCREWS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REOPERATION; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 79957852125     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318202e4d1     Document Type: Article

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