[Secondary aortic rupture as an unusual complication of fracture of the lumbar vertebrae]

Autor: U, Rittstieg, F, Kleinfeld
Jazyk: němčina
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: Aktuelle Traumatologie. 24(3)
ISSN: 0044-6173
Popis: Report on a case of acute vital complication of a conservatively treated lumbar vertebra fracture. Nine days after traumatic fracture of the first lumbar vertebra a 62-year old patient suddenly suffered from haemorrhagic shock caused by a minor rupture of the abdominal aorta. Before this dramatic event there were no symptoms pointing to this severe complication. Aetiology, diagnosis and therapy are discussed.
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