The challenge of arteriovenous fistula formation following disk surgery: a collective review.
Five cases of arteriovenous fistula formation are added to the 68 found in previous reports. A review of the English-language literature revealed that the L4-5 disk space was most frequently involved, the right common iliac artery injured most often, and the right and left common iliac veins and inferior vena cava injured with similar frequency.
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000293:injuries; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000293:injuries; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000293:injuries