Successful endovascular management of an acute iliac venous injury during lumbar discectomy and anterior spinal fusion

J Vasc Surg. 2006 Dec;44(6):1353-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.07.049.

Abstract

A 61-year-old woman experienced laceration of the left common iliac vein with significant hemorrhage during lumbar discectomy. An endovascular approach using stent grafts provided a minimally invasive and successful solution to the problem.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Angioplasty*
  • Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control*
  • Diskectomy / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Iliac Vein / injuries
  • Iliac Vein / surgery*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Phlebography
  • Spinal Fusion / adverse effects*
  • Stents
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Wounds, Penetrating / etiology*