Back stabber: ladder fall causing traumatic aortic transection

Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
Babatunde A YerokunG Chad Hughes

Abstract

A 68-year-old man presented with back pain after falling from a ladder and was found to have anterolisthesis of thoracic vertebrae T11-12 with secondary focal aortic injury and disruption of the aortic wall. This was successfully repaired using thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) followed by spinal fusion with excellent result.

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