The research team, located at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, conducted a retrospective outcomes study of 10 patients suspected of having vascular injury after thoracolumbar surgery. Initially, the patients were evaluated with computed tomography and then referred for the angiography in cases of severe vessel injury.
The researchers found that three of the four patients who did not receive the angiography died during the postoperative period while five of the patients experienced significant complications.
Read the abstract of “Vascular Injury in Thoracolumbar Spinal Surgeries and Role of Angiography in Early Diagnosis and Management.”
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