title: Screw in the aorta: minimally invasive graft replacement for chronic aortic erosion by spinal instrument.
abstract: Intra-and early post-operative aortic injury by pedicle screw is not a rare complication in orthopedic surgery, but aortic penetration by a screw head over a long time period is considered as an uncommon case. There are various surgical management options for thoracic aortic injury caused by malpositioned spinal instruments. We report a case of a patient who underwent minimally invasive graft replacement of the descending thoracic artery for pedicle screw penetration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: Wakako
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Chikashi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Kazuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daitoku
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D001863:Bone Screws / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D020878:Device Removal; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome