title: [Case Report: complication after surgical discectomy].
abstract: Lesions to retroperitoneal blood vessels are rare but serious complications of surgical discectomies. Through ventral perforation during laminectomy life-threatening bleedings may occur if arteries are injured. We present a patient with haemorrhagic shock after disc surgery. The complication could be treated adequately by immediate anaesthesiological and surgical intervention and the patient recovered completely.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie der Universität Heidelberg, Germany. Joern.Fiedler@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Jörn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fiedler
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Polarz
authors.forename: Hans Herbert
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seelos
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gust
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017586:Diskectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*