Journal of Vascular Medicine & Surgery

Chang Wei Zhang

Publications

• Case Report
  Successful Treatment of Iatrogenic Vertebral Artery Pseudoaneurysm with Coil Embolization: Case Report
  Author(s): Chang Wei Zhang, Seidu A Richard, Chong Wu, Ting Wang, Lun Xing Lui and Xiao Dong XieChang Wei Zhang, Seidu A Richard, Chong Wu, Ting Wang, Lun Xing Lui and Xiao Dong Xie
  
  Introduction: Iatrogenic vertebral artery injury (IVAI) is a rare intricacy during cervical spine screw fixation or removal surgery. The overall incidence of vertebral artery (VA) injury related to craniocervical surgery is about 0.2% in literature.Case presentation: We report a case of 52-year-old male who suffered iatrogenic vertebral artery injury (VAI) as a result of surgical removal of C1-2 screw that was successfully fixed at posterior cervical spine on account of traumatic atlantoaxial dislocation four (4) years ago. The surgical removal was on going at a periphery hospital when the patient suffered this intricacy with massive bleeding. He was immediately transferred to our facility. CT angiography done at our facility revealed a pseudoaneurysm measuring about 5.5 cm in diameter at the cervical region.Conclusions: W.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6925.1000342

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