title: Successful surgical excision of juvenile-type spinal arteriovenous malformation in two stages following partial embolization.
abstract: The case of a 24-year-old man with a juvenile-type spinal arteriovenous malformation is reported. Spinal angiography and magnetic resonance image revealed a juvenile (Type III) AVM at the cervical spine. This spinal malformation was successfully resected with a posterior and anterior surgical approach in two stages following partial embolization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey. menkua@erciyes.edu.tr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menkü
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akdemir
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Durak
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Oktem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery