title: Arteriovenous fistula following lumbar disc surgery--the use of total cardiopulmonary bypass during repair.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Klineberg
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Hawker
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: I Y
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Nunn
mesh_terms: 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