Aortic Dissection Associated with Penetration of a Spinal Pedicle Screw: A Case Report and Review of the Literature | Zendy

Pillai Saila T. | Zendy; Schoenhagen Paul | Zendy; Subrahmanyan Lakshman | Zendy; Mukherjee Sandip K. | Zendy; McNamara Robert L. | Zendy; Elefteriades John | Zendy; Svensson Lars Georg | Zendy

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Aortic Dissection Associated with Penetration of a Spinal Pedicle Screw: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Pillai Saila T.,

Schoenhagen Paul,

Subrahmanyan Lakshman,

Mukherjee Sandip K.,

McNamara Robert L.,

Elefteriades John,

Svensson Lars Georg

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of cardiac surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1540-8191

pISSN - 0886-0440

DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12327

Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , scoliosis , surgery , spinal fusion , dissection (medical) , aortic surgery , spinal surgery , complication , modalities , aorta , social science , sociology

A 30‐year‐old male underwent a corrective posterior instrumented spinal fusion for scoliosis. Six years later, he was found to have an aortic dissection after aortic penetration of a spinal pedicle screw. We review the literature, including diagnostic modalities, and treatment decision‐making for this unusual complication. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12327 (J Card Surg 2014;29:377–381)

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