Arteriovenous fistula following lumbar disc surgery--the use of total cardiopulmonary bypass during repair.
Arteriovenous fistula is a rare complication of lumbar disc surgery and there is often a delay in diagnosis. A patient who developed multi-system failure associated with an aortocaval fistula, which occurred following a lumbar disc operation, is presented in this study. Surgical repair was facilitated by the use of total cardiopulmonary bypass which enabled a degree of safety and control that would have been difficult to obtain with standard methods.
Fletcher
J P
JP
Klineberg
P L
PL
Hawker
F H
FH
Soni
N
N
Woods
W P
WP
Pearson
I Y
IY
Nunn
G R
GR
D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior