TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Back stabber: ladder fall causing traumatic aortic transection JO - Asian cardiovascular and thoracic annals A1 - Yerokun, Babatunde A. A1 - Anand, Jatin A1 - McCann, Richard L. A1 - Hughes, G. Chad SP - 302 EP - 303 VL - 27 IS - 4 N2 - 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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