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Volume: 3 | Issue: 3 | Published: Sep 18, 2019 | Pages: 95 - 97 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/173-1548755937

Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of lumbar disc surgery

Authors: Baran Simsek , Volkan Yuksel , Orkut Guclu , Serhat Huseyin

Article Info

Authors

Baran Simsek

MD at Trakya University School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Edirne, Turkey

ORCID

Volkan Yuksel

Assoc Prof at Trakya University School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Edirne, Turkey

Orkut Guclu

Assoc Prof at Trakya University School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Surgeryoc, Edirne, Turkey

Serhat Huseyin

Assoc Prof at Trakya University School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Edirne, Turkey

Publication History

Received: February 04, 2019

Revised: July 28, 2019

Accepted: September 04, 2019

Published: September 18, 2019

Abstract

Background: Iatrogenic vascular injury during lumbar discectomy is a rare but serious and life threatening complication. The pituitary rongeur is the usual cause of injury during the disc surgery. A deep bite can injure the major vessels, especially the abdominal aorta or the common iliac arteries. Case Presentation: We present a 33-year-old female patient with complaints of continuous abdominal pain and difficulty in walking. Her complaints began a couple of days before her admittance to our clinic. In the medical history, the patient had undergone a lumbar discectomy operation due to L4-L5 disc hernia 4 months ago. Her follow-up physical examinations were uneventfully in the first and third month of the lumbar disc surgery. The patient had no any chronic diseases in her medical history. Computed tomographical angiography revealed a 57 × 42 mm pseudoaneurysm formation from the abdominal aorta arising closely from the abdominal aortic bifurcation level. A primary repair for the posterior abdominal aortic defect and a patchplasty for the aortotomy was performed. Conclusion: Clinician should suspect of vascular complications in terms of ongoing complaints, such as abdominal pain or a pulsatile mass in the abdominal region after lumbar disc surgery. In such cases, the clinical evaluation and imaging procedures must be done carefully.

Keywords: Surgery complications, disc surgery, pseudoaneurysm, treatment, green

Pubmed Style

Baran Simsek, Volkan Yuksel, Orkut Guclu, Serhat Huseyin. Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of lumbar disc surgery. EJMCR. 2019; 18 (September 2019): 95-97. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1548755937

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Baran Simsek, Volkan Yuksel, Orkut Guclu, Serhat Huseyin. Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of lumbar disc surgery. https://ejmcr.com/articles/1470 [Access: December 25, 2024]. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1548755937

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Baran Simsek, Volkan Yuksel, Orkut Guclu, Serhat Huseyin. Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of lumbar disc surgery. EJMCR. (2019), [cited December 25, 2024]; 18 (September 2019): 95-97. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1548755937

Harvard Style

Baran Simsek, Volkan Yuksel, Orkut Guclu, Serhat Huseyin (2019) Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of lumbar disc surgery. EJMCR, 18 (September 2019): 95-97. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1548755937

Chicago Style

Baran Simsek, Volkan Yuksel, Orkut Guclu, Serhat Huseyin. "Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of lumbar disc surgery." 18 (2019), 95-97. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1548755937

MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Baran Simsek, Volkan Yuksel, Orkut Guclu, Serhat Huseyin. "Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of lumbar disc surgery." 18.September 2019 (2019), 95-97. Print. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1548755937

APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Baran Simsek, Volkan Yuksel, Orkut Guclu, Serhat Huseyin (2019) Abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm as a complication of lumbar disc surgery. , 18 (September 2019), 95-97. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/173-1548755937