Abstract
We report on 2 patients who experienced injury to one of their lumbar arteries related to pedicle screw misplacement. In this report, the lumbar pedicle screw holes were made laterally with resultant injury to the lumbar artery. During surgery, arterial bleeding was controlled with pressure and gauze; however, the patients experienced vital shock after surgery. Vital shock ensued and they were rescued by catheter embolization. If patients receiving lumbar instrumentation surgery experience severe anemia or vital shock postoperatively, the surgeon should assume lumbar artery injury as a differential diagnosis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 113-116 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Acta Medica Okayama |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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Keywords
- Catheter embolization
- Complication
- Lumbar artery injury
- Pedicle screw
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
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Sugimoto, Y., Tanaka, M., Gobara, H., Misawa, H., Kunisada, T., & Ozaki, T. (2013). Management of lumbar artery injury related to pedicle screw insertion. Acta Medica Okayama, 67(2), 113-116.