Abdominal vascular injury during lumbar disc surgery: report of three cases.
Anterior longitudinal ligament perforation and abdominal vascular injury is one of the most critical complications that may develop during lumbar disc surgery. The vascular injury-related symptoms that warns the surgeon may be late to appear; they usually turn out to be mortal. The hypotension during the operation, tachycardia and pulsatile unstoppable hemorrhage observed in the disc space are the major findings. Urgent detection of this complication and the repair of the vascular injury prevent the case from turning out to be fatal. In the present study, three patients who underwent surgical treatment of abdominal vascular injuries that had developed during lumbar disc surgery, were presented.
Department of Neurosurgery, Medicine Faculty of Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. fuatorun@hotmail.com
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D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications