scholarly journals Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas Supplied from Multiple Segmental Arteries: Microsurgery Using Indocyanine Green Angiography and Radiosurgery with a Spine Tracking System

Cureus ◽  
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi K Inoue ◽  
Hiro Sato ◽  
Isao Naito
Keyword(s):  
Indocyanine Green ◽  
Indocyanine Green Angiography ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Arteriovenous Fistulas ◽  
Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas ◽  
Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas ◽  
Segmental Arteries

Minimally invasive tubular retractor system for adequate exposure during surgical obliteration of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas with the aid of indocyanine green intraoperative angiography

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atman Desai ◽  
Kimon Bekelis ◽  
Kadir Erkmen
Keyword(s):  
Minimally Invasive ◽  
Indocyanine Green ◽  
Successful Treatment ◽  
Indocyanine Green Angiography ◽  
Intraoperative Angiography ◽  
Tubular Retractor ◽  
Microsurgical Treatment ◽  
Arteriovenous Fistulas ◽  
Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas ◽  
Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

Effective surgical obliteration of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs) traditionally requires laminectomy or hemilaminectomy to allow intradural exposure and occlusion of the draining vein. The authors present successful treatment of a spinal DAVF by using a tubular retractor system to provide minimally invasive exposure at the L5–S1 level adequate for both microsurgical treatment and intraoperative indocyanine green angiography.

Clinical presentation and prognostic factors of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas: an overview

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. E17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer E. Fugate ◽  
Giuseppe Lanzino ◽  
Alejandro A. Rabinstein
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Neurological Deficits ◽  
Intramedullary Spinal Cord ◽  
Lower Extremity Weakness ◽  
Arteriovenous Fistulas ◽  
Signal Abnormality ◽  
Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas ◽  
Sensory Disturbances ◽  
Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), the most common type of spinal cord vascular malformation, can be a challenge to diagnose and treat promptly. The disorder is rare, and the presenting clinical symptoms and signs are nonspecific and insidious at onset. Spinal dural AVFs preferentially affect middle-aged men, and patients most commonly present with gait abnormality or lower-extremity weakness and sensory disturbances. Symptoms gradually progress or decline in a stepwise manner and are commonly associated with pain and sphincter disturbances. Surgical or endovascular disconnection of the fistula has a high success rate with a low rate of morbidity. Motor symptoms are most likely to improve after treatment, followed by sensory disturbances, and lastly sphincter disturbances. Patients with severe neurological deficits at presentation tend to have worse posttreatment functional outcomes than those with mild or moderate pretreatment disability. However, improvement or stabilization of symptoms is seen in the vast majority of treated patients, and thus treatment is justified even in patients with substantial neurological deficits. The extent of intramedullary spinal cord T2 signal abnormality does not correlate with outcomes and should not be used as a prognostic factor.

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