Author(s)

Amadou Ndiassé Kassé^1*, Souleymane Diao¹, Magatte Gaye², Jean Claude Sané¹, Jean Marie Vianey Hope¹, Karim Hemmam¹, Babacar Thiam¹, Pape Adama Dieng³, Mouhamadou Habib Sy¹

¹Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery Department of Grand-Yoff General Hospital, Dakar, Sénégal.
²Neurosurgery Department of Grand-Yoff General Hospital, Dakar, Sénégal.
³Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Department of FANN University Teaching Hospital, Dakar, Sénégal.

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.

Thoracic Spine, Pedicle Screw, Aorta, Thoracotomy

Kassé, A. , Diao, S. , Gaye, M. , Sané, J. , Hope, J. , Hemmam, K. , Thiam, B. , Dieng, P. and Sy, M. (2018) Threatened Aortic Injury by Thoracic Pedicle Screw: A Case Report. Open Journal of Orthopedics, 8, 51-56. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2018.82007.