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Review
. 1993 Sep-Oct;45(5):170-3.

[Major vascular complications following surgery for a herniated lumbar disk]

[Article in Spanish]
C Abad  1 , D Martel, J J Feijóo, L Carreira
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  • PMID: 8285363
Review

[Major vascular complications following surgery for a herniated lumbar disk]

[Article in Spanish]
C Abad et al. Angiologia. 1993 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Two cases of arterial injury of the iliac arteries during surgery of the lumbar disc are presented. Both patients were successfully operated, in the first case a primary repair was accomplished, the second patient was treated by means of an ileo-femoral bypass graft. A comment of the pathophysiology, diagnostic and surgical management of this unusual complication is presented.

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