Repair of vertebral artery injury during anterior cervical decompression.

摘要: Methods. Vertebral artery injury is a rarely described complication of anterior cervical decompression. The authors performed retrospective review their operative database for the purposes defining optimal managements this and its avoidance. Results. Four 1,215 (0.3%) patients undergoing operation sustained arterial injuries. In these cases, primary repair was successful; in one case, exposed ligated. There were no postoperative ischemic complications. Artery laceration occurred during decompression (n=2) screw tapping (n=1), soft tissue retraction (n=1)