Intraoperative inadvertent piercing of the aortic arch: case report.

Kim, Hye Seon; Kim, Dong Hwan; Kim, Kyung Hwan; Cho, Youn Joung; Chung, Chun Kee · J Neurosurg Spine · 2020

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Aortic injury is a rarely encountered complication of spinal surgery. The authors report a case of a 32-year-old woman with a T3 tumor who experienced an intraoperative aortic arch injury during T3 spondylectomy. The patient was successfully treated with no postoperative neurological deficits.