Citation

Yerokun BA, Anand J, McCann RL, Hughes GC. Asian Cardiovasc. Thorac Ann. 2019; 27(4): 302-303.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Asian-Pacific Society of Cardiology, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0218492319834449

PMID

30808190

Abstract

A 68-year-old man presented with back pain after falling from a ladder and was found to have anterolisthesis of thoracic vertebrae T11-12 with secondary focal aortic injury and disruption of the aortic wall. This was successfully repaired using thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) followed by spinal fusion with excellent result.

Language: en

Keywords

Aortic rupture; Blood vessel prosthesis implantation; Spinal injuries; Wounds and injuries