Diagnostic and surgical management of spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 242-247

  Lee, Thomas T ^a   Gromelski, Erika B ^a   Bowen, Brian C ^a   Green, Barth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF); Surgical ligation; T2 weighted hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031903653     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199808000-00032     Document Type: Article

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