title: Retroperitoneal bleeding after L4-L5 diskectomy in a patient with crossed-fused renal ectopia: treatment by selective embolization.
abstract: We present a complication of L4-L5 disk surgery and its treatment by interventional radiology which has not previously been reported. An accessory inferior polar artery of a crossed-fused renal ectopia was injured and the bleeding was successfully managed by selective embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Geneva, 24, rue Micheli-du Crest, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Didier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Otten
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fransen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space