Table 1.

A review of previous case reports and case series detailing iatrogenic, intraoperative injury of the vertebral artery during cervical spine surgery treated with covered stent placement

Author/Year	Patients, n	Age/Gender	Etiology	AVF	VVF	Dissection	Pseudoaneurysm	Indication	Stent type
Carrillo-Martinez et al. (2020) [2]	1	57/Male	Traction maneuver for C4 to C5 disc prosthesis- Intraoperative injury	No	No	No	Yes	Stroke pre- vention	Covered stent
Katsaridis et al. (2007) [7]	1	74/Male	C5 and C6 corpectomy- Intraoperative injury	No	No	No	Yes	Active bleeding	Symbiot covered stent
Present case/2020	1	58/Male	Traction, C6 and C7 corpectomy, C5 to T1 arthrodesis and cage placement-Intraoperative injury	No	No	No	Yes	Active bleeding	Viabahn covered stent
Total	3			1	0	0	3

AVF, arteriovenous fistula