Undetected severe complication after elective lumbar surgery - How could it happen?

Leg Med (Tokyo). 2019 Feb:36:43-46. doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2018.10.004. Epub 2018 Oct 19.

Authors

I Sinicina¹, D Inthorn², H Pankratz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Legal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Legal Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 30368113
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2018.10.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arteriovenous Fistula / diagnosis*
Arteriovenous Fistula / pathology
Delayed Diagnosis*
Diagnostic Errors*
Diskectomy*
Elective Surgical Procedures*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Foraminotomy
Forensic Medicine*
Humans
Iliac Artery / abnormalities*
Iliac Artery / pathology
Iliac Vein / abnormalities*
Iliac Vein / pathology
Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery*
Laminectomy
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
Postoperative Complications / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed