Outcome and prognostic factors in the surgical treatment of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas. A long-term study

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 298-305

  Tacconi, L ^a,b   Lopez Izquierdo, B C ^a   Symon, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; MRI; Spinal angiography; Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; DURA MATER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030878976     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699746078     Document Type: Article

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