An endovascular treatment of a thoracic aortic injury caused by a misplaced pedicle screw: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 464-468

  Tong, Xiang ^a   Gu, Pengcheng ^a   Yu, Dongsheng ^a   Guo, Fang ^a   Lin, Xiangjin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic thoracic injury; Spinal surgery; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL CONDITION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IATROGENIC THORACIC AORTIC INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PEDICLE SCREW; PEDICLE SCREW MISPLACE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX INJURY; THORAX WALL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VASCULAR STENT; VERTEBRA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INJURIES; PROCEDURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; STENT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA, THORACIC; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PEDICLE SCREWS; SPINAL FRACTURES; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930181078     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: 18760821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2013.09.014     Document Type: Article

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