Accurate intraoperative localization of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae with embolization coil: technical note. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae represent a potentially curable cause of a progressive myelopathy and therefore should be treated aggressively by either endovascular or surgical methods. In the surgical treatment of these lesions, intraoperative radiographic localization of the site of the fistula can be problematic. We describe an endovascular technique in which radiopaque microcoils are placed in the major feeding artery(ies) after completion of spinal angiography, which then provides a marker that is easily visualized with intraoperative x-rays, allowing effective localization of the site of the fistula.

publication date

  • July 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Angioplasty
  • Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Spinal Cord

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 3042821939

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1227/01.neu.0000127883.26964.81

PubMed ID

  • 15214998

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 55

issue

  • 1