Vascular injury related to lumbar disk surgery.
The authors report a case of left common iliac artery injury, as a complication of diskectomy, in a 57 year-old male patient, with herniated disk at L4-L5. A review shows that L4-L5 disk space is the most common site for this rare complication of lumbar disk surgery.
Villano
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Università degli Studi di Napoli, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Cattedra di Neurotraumatologia.
Cantatore
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G
Narciso
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N
Santilli
F
F
Bifano
D
D
Cerillo
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A
D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed