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• TITLE: Threatened Aortic Injury by Thoracic Pedicle Screw: A Case Report

  AUTHORS: Amadou Ndiassé Kassé, Souleymane Diao, Magatte Gaye, Jean Claude Sané, Jean Marie Vianey Hope, Karim Hemmam, Babacar Thiam, Pape Adama Dieng, Mouhamadou Habib Sy

  KEYWORDS: Thoracic Spine, Pedicle Screw, Aorta, Thoracotomy

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Orthopedics, Vol.8 No.2, February 12, 2018

  ABSTRACT: Iatrogenic vascular injury during posterior spinal surgery is a rare but potentially serious complication with treatment challenges. We report the case of threatened aortic injury by pedicle screw impingement during posterior fixation of thoracic spine T7 - T8 fracture dislocation. The removal of the conflicting screws was done posteriorly after a visual control of the absence of adventitious break-in by a thoracotomy.