title: Perforation of a vascular prosthesis by an eroded thoracic vertebral body.
abstract: A case of prosthetic graft rupture due to friction against the vertebral column, eroded by a previously repaired thoracic aortic aneurym, is described. Chiselling away the sharp bony edges of the eroded vertebrae, could have prevented this complication. To our knowledge, this complication has never been reported before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goossens
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamerlijnck
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Defauw
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Breuking
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013895:Thoracic Arteries; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae