Vascular injury related to lumbar disk surgery

Neurochirurgia (Stuttg). 1992 Mar;35(2):57-9. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1052247.

Abstract

The authors report a case of left common iliac artery injury, as a complication of diskectomy, in a 57 year-old male patient, with herniated disk at L4-L5. A review shows that L4-L5 disk space is the most common site for this rare complication of lumbar disk surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Humans
  • Iliac Artery / injuries*
  • Iliac Artery / surgery
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery*
  • Intraoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retroperitoneal Space
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed