Tsai Y D, Yu P C, Lee T C, Chen H S, Wang S H, Kuo Y L
Department of Neurosurgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Taiwan.
J Neurosurg. 2001 Jul;95(1 Suppl):108-10. doi: 10.3171/spi.2001.95.1.0108.
Traumatic injury of the aorta, inferior vena cava, and iliac vessels due to penetration of the anterior anulus fibrosus and anterior longitudinal ligament is a recognized complication of lumbar disc surgery. The authors report, to the best of their knowledge, the first case of discectomy-related superior rectal artery injury treated by endovascular intervention.