Left iliac artery injury during anterior lumbar spine surgery diagnosed by intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1007/s00586-010-1372-3 and PMC identifier 2899625.
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Abstract
Serious vascular injury is a rare, but potentially devastating complication during anterior lumbar spinal surgery. The authors describe the first reported case where vascular injury was detected by multimodality neurophysiological monitoring during an L3-S1 anterior lumbar interbody fusion. The case demonstrates the need for multi-modality monitoring and the combined use of somatosensory-evoked potentials and motor-evoked potentials.
Medical subject headings
- Electrodiagnosis
- Iliac Artery
- Intraoperative Complications
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Monitoring, Intraoperative
- Spinal Fusion
Anatomy
- lumbar spine