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Silent killer: A scalpel in the aortic wall after spinal surgery
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanuni Education and Research Hospital, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye
- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Türkiye
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Abstract
Iatrogenic vascular injury during lumbar spinal surgery is rare, but may lead to serious complications in unrecognized cases. Especially, injuries to aorta or its major branches may result in death unless diagnosed and treated immediately.
We present a rare case of aortic injury with a scalpel in a 56-year-old male patient undergoing lumbar disk surgery. The vascular injury was successfully treated with open surgery. The post-operative period was uneventful and the patient was discharged in a healthy condition on the 8th day. This case once again reminds us that surgery is always open to complications and that early diagnosis and appropriate interventions are of paramount importance to overcome these complications.
Abstract
Iatrogenic vascular injury during lumbar spinal surgery is rare, but may lead to serious complications in unrecognized cases. Especially, injuries to aorta or its major branches may result in death unless diagnosed and treated immediately.
We present a rare case of aortic injury with a scalpel in a 56-year-old male patient undergoing lumbar disk surgery. The vascular injury was successfully treated with open surgery. The post-operative period was uneventful and the patient was discharged in a healthy condition on the 8th day. This case once again reminds us that surgery is always open to complications and that early diagnosis and appropriate interventions are of paramount importance to overcome these complications.
Keywords
Vascular injury, Spinal surgery, Scalpel
Title
Silent killer: A scalpel in the aortic wall after spinal surgery
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Pages
294-296
Page views
250
Article views/downloads
329
DOI
10.1016/j.pjnns.2016.04.002
Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2016;50(4):294-296.
Keywords
Vascular injury
Spinal surgery
Scalpel
Authors
Gokalp Altun
Dogus Hemsinli
Dilek Kutanis
Gurkan Gazioglu