title: Vascular injury related to lumbar disk surgery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Napoli, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Cattedra di Neurotraumatologia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cantatore
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Narciso
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santilli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bifano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cerillo
mesh_terms: 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