Chad A. Tuchek, B.S. and Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, M.D., MSc
Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine and Indiana University Department of Neurological Surgery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Abstract
Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (dAVF) is an acquired abnormal arterial-to-venous connection within the spinal dura with a wide range of clinical presentations and natural history. Spinal dAVF occurs when a radicular artery makes a direct anomalous shunt with a radicular vein within the dura of the nerve root sleeve. Spinal dAVFs are the most common vascular malformation of the spine.
The authors present a patient who presented with sudden temporary lower extremity weakness secondary to an L1 spinal dAVF. The details of microsurgical techniques to disconnect the fistula are discussed in this video.
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