Minimally invasive neurosurgical access techniques to facilitate endovascular treatment of dural arteriovenous fistulae. (2nd January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cowie, Christopher J. A.; Pešić-Smith, Jonathan D.; Dambatta, Shuaibu; Gholkar, Anil; Surash, Surash; Jenkins, Alistair; Mitchell, Patrick
• Is Part Of: British journal of neurosurgery. Volume 29:Number 1(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 115
• Page End: 117
• Publication Date: 2015-01-02
• Subjects: dural arteriovenous fistula -- endovascular therapy -- minimally invasive access; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.48
• DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2014.948807
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0268-8697

Abstract

Abstract: We report two cases of dural arteriovenous fistulae treated endovascularly, where percutaneous venous or arterial access was not suitable. In both cases, a different surgical access technique was used to allow transcranial cannulation of the appropriate venous sinus or of the varix to gain access and occlude the fistula.