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Superior rectal artery injury following lumbar disc surgery. Case report
1Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|July 17, 2001
Abstract:
Traumatic injury of the aorta, inferior vena cava, and iliac vessels due to penetration of the anterior anulus fibrosus and anterior longitudinal ligament is a recognized complication of lumbar disc surgery. The authors report, to the best of their knowledge, the first case of discectomy-related superior rectal artery injury treated by endovascular intervention.