Logo of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery (Br)
Quick search:        
          Advanced Search
Guest Access | Sign In
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow My Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Bucknill, T.
Right arrow Articles by Kendall, B. E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Bucknill, T.
Right arrow Articles by Kendall, B. E.

HAEMANGIOMA OF A VERTEBRAL BODY TREATED BY LIGATION OF THE SEGMENTAL ARTERIES

Report of a Case

T. Bucknill 1; J. W. Jackson 1; H. B. S. Kemp 1; ; and B. E. Kendall 2

1 The Dawn Trust Unit for Spinal Research, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex; England
2 The Dawn Trust Unit for Spinal Research, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex; London, England

1. The case is described of a twenty-nine-year-old man with back pain due to an extensive vascular malformation replacing the major part of a vertebral body.

2. Treatment was by transthoracic ligation of the segmental vessels, with irradiation and spinal fusion later.

3. The importance of demonstrating the origin of the thoraco-lumbar supply to the anterior spinal artery is emphasised.
(c) British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery All Rights Reserved
Registered charity no: 209299     Print ISSN: 0301-620X
Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General