M Villano, G Cantatore, N Narciso, F Santilli, D Bifano, A Cerillo
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Abstract
The authors report a case of left common iliac artery injury, as a complication of diskectomy, in a 57 year-old male patient, with herniated disk at L4-L5. A review shows that L4-L5 disk space is the most common site for this rare complication of lumbar disk surgery.