title: Successful endovascular management of an acute iliac venous injury during lumbar discectomy and anterior spinal fusion.
abstract: A 61-year-old woman experienced laceration of the left common iliac vein with significant hemorrhage during lumbar discectomy. An endovascular approach using stent grafts provided a minimally invasive and successful solution to the problem.
authors.affiliation: Endovascular Center, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. joe-schneider@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Marc J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Alonzo
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D017130:Angioplasty; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*