F Tekula1, M B Pritz, K Kopecky, S J Willing. 1. Sections of Neurological Surgery, Diagnostic Radiology, and Neuroradiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: While color Doppler ultrasonography and microvascular Doppler recordings have been used intraoperatively for spinal cord vascular malformations, they have not been employed for similar spinal cord lesions preoperatively. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report the usefulness of color Doppler ultrasonography through a lumbar laminectomy defect in the management of a spinal arteriovenous fistula. CONCLUSION: Color Doppler ultrasonography should be considered for spinal lesions in which a laminectomy defect is present.
BACKGROUND: While color Doppler ultrasonography and microvascular Doppler recordings have been used intraoperatively for spinal cord vascular malformations, they have not been employed for similar spinal cord lesions preoperatively. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report the usefulness of color Doppler ultrasonography through a lumbar laminectomy defect in the management of a spinal arteriovenous fistula. CONCLUSION: Color Doppler ultrasonography should be considered for spinal lesions in which a laminectomy defect is present.
Authors: Francesco Prada; Massimiliano Del Bene; Alessandro Moiraghi; Cecilia Casali; Federico Giuseppe Legnani; Andrea Saladino; Alessandro Perin; Ignazio Gaspare Vetrano; Luca Mattei; Carla Richetta; Marco Saini; Francesco DiMeco Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2015-05-25 Impact factor: 3.411