Vascular injury following microendoscopic lumbar discectomy treated with stent graft placement

Abstract

The risk of great vessel injury is low in microendoscopic lumbar discectomy applied in a favorable visual field. However, it is important to be aware of the depth of the pituitary rongeur. In this article, the authors report the case of a 55-year-old woman with lumbar disc herniation who underwent microendoscopic discectomy and subsequently presented with an aneurysm and arteriovenous fistula located at the bifurcation of the right common iliac artery. The patient was treated with endoscopic placement of a stent graft and recovered uneventfully.