Endovascular treatment of thoracic aorta injury after spinal column surgery
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Endovascular treatment of thoracic aorta injury after spinal column surgery.
A 61-year-old woman with a history of left dorso-lumbar scoliosis and severe dorso-lumbar kyphosis underwent surgical treatment of a spinal deformity. Surgery was conducted on the patient by performing a dorso-lumbar spinal arthrodesis (T6-L5) by means of the insertion of two longitudinal rods and a number of pedicle-expander screws at different vertebral levels. Following the orthopedic surger...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.02.051