Thoracic Aortic Injury: Embolization of the Tenth Intercostal Artery and Endovascular Treatment in a Young Woman after Posterior Spinal Instrumentation

Iatrogenic aortic injuries are rare and well-recognized complications of a variety of procedures, including spinal surgery. The placement of pedicle screws is sometimes associated with devastating consequences. Aortic perforation with rapid hematoma formation and delayed aortic trauma leading to pse...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Lagios, Georgios Karaolanis, Theodossios Perdikides, Theodoros Bazinas, Nikolaos Kouris, Spiros Sfikas, Odysseas Paxinos
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531201
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Spiros Sfikas
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description Iatrogenic aortic injuries are rare and well-recognized complications of a variety of procedures, including spinal surgery. The placement of pedicle screws is sometimes associated with devastating consequences. Aortic perforation with rapid hematoma formation and delayed aortic trauma leading to pseudoaneurysm formation have been described in the literature. A case describing a significant time interval between iatrogenic aortic injury and diagnosis in the absence of pseudoaneurysm formation is described in this paper and, according to our knowledge, is unique in the literature. The aortic injury was successfully treated, selecting the appropriate graft and, as a consequence, normal spinal cord blood flow was achieved.
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spelling doaj-art-9ab967c4dd03494c9eb8f55739bc42ec2025-08-20T03:36:53ZengWileyCase Reports in Vascular Medicine2090-69862090-69942015-01-01201510.1155/2015/531201531201Thoracic Aortic Injury: Embolization of the Tenth Intercostal Artery and Endovascular Treatment in a Young Woman after Posterior Spinal InstrumentationKonstantinos Lagios0Georgios Karaolanis1Theodossios Perdikides2Theodoros Bazinas3Nikolaos Kouris4Spiros Sfikas5Odysseas Paxinos6Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology Department, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, GreeceVascular Surgery Department, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, GreeceVascular Surgery Department, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, GreeceInterventional Radiology and Neuroradiology Department, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, GreeceAnesthesiology Department, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, GreeceInterventional Radiology and Neuroradiology Department, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, GreeceOrthopaedic Department, 251 Hellenic Air Force Hospital, Athens, GreeceIatrogenic aortic injuries are rare and well-recognized complications of a variety of procedures, including spinal surgery. The placement of pedicle screws is sometimes associated with devastating consequences. Aortic perforation with rapid hematoma formation and delayed aortic trauma leading to pseudoaneurysm formation have been described in the literature. A case describing a significant time interval between iatrogenic aortic injury and diagnosis in the absence of pseudoaneurysm formation is described in this paper and, according to our knowledge, is unique in the literature. The aortic injury was successfully treated, selecting the appropriate graft and, as a consequence, normal spinal cord blood flow was achieved.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531201
spellingShingle Konstantinos Lagios
Georgios Karaolanis
Theodossios Perdikides
Theodoros Bazinas
Nikolaos Kouris
Spiros Sfikas
Odysseas Paxinos
Thoracic Aortic Injury: Embolization of the Tenth Intercostal Artery and Endovascular Treatment in a Young Woman after Posterior Spinal Instrumentation
Case Reports in Vascular Medicine
title Thoracic Aortic Injury: Embolization of the Tenth Intercostal Artery and Endovascular Treatment in a Young Woman after Posterior Spinal Instrumentation
title_full Thoracic Aortic Injury: Embolization of the Tenth Intercostal Artery and Endovascular Treatment in a Young Woman after Posterior Spinal Instrumentation
title_fullStr Thoracic Aortic Injury: Embolization of the Tenth Intercostal Artery and Endovascular Treatment in a Young Woman after Posterior Spinal Instrumentation
title_full_unstemmed Thoracic Aortic Injury: Embolization of the Tenth Intercostal Artery and Endovascular Treatment in a Young Woman after Posterior Spinal Instrumentation
title_short Thoracic Aortic Injury: Embolization of the Tenth Intercostal Artery and Endovascular Treatment in a Young Woman after Posterior Spinal Instrumentation
title_sort thoracic aortic injury embolization of the tenth intercostal artery and endovascular treatment in a young woman after posterior spinal instrumentation
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531201
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