POSTLAMINECTOMY ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA MASKED BY STENOSIS OF THE INFERIOR VENA-CAVA

Citation
Is. Johnsrude et al., POSTLAMINECTOMY ARTERIOVENOUS-FISTULA MASKED BY STENOSIS OF THE INFERIOR VENA-CAVA, Cardiovascular and interventional radiology, 17(6), 1994, pp. 336-338
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
ISSN journal
01741551
Volume
17
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
336 - 338
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-1551(1994)17:6<336:PAMBSO>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Discovery of a postlumbosacral discectomy fistula between the right il iac artery and vein was obscured by an associated severe stricture of the infrarenal inferior vena cava in a 49-year-old man. During venous stenting for treatment of peripheral edema, the fistula was suspected because of faint pulsatile right iliac vein flow and increased O2 satu ration of the venous blood. The suspicion was confirmed on subsequent iliac arteriography. Surgical closure of the fistula with arterial int erposition grafting was then performed. The patient improved substanti ally.