• Acta neurochirurgica · Mar 2005

    Case Reports

    Rupture of aorta and inferior vena cava during lumbar disc surgery.

    • H Prabhakar, P K Bithal, M Dash, and A Chaturvedi.
    • Department of Neuroanesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
    • Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2005 Mar 1; 147 (3): 327-9; discussion 329.

    AbstractMajor vascular injury during lumbar disc surgery has been recognized as an unusual but well described complication. A potentially fatal outcome can be avoided by a high index of suspicion and an early diagnosis. We present a rare case of aortic and inferior vena caval injury in a 50-year-old female patient undergoing intervertebral disc surgery at lumbar one and two levels. A quick diagnosis and prompt management resulted in a favourable outcome for the patient.

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