title: Fluoroscopic radiation burn after embolization of a spinal arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: Fluoroscopic radiation burns are being reported with increasing frequency because of the rise in number and duration of procedures performed under fluoroscopic guidance. We report a fluoroscopic radiation burn to a patient's back after three separate attempts to embolize a symptomatic spinal arteriovenous malformation, requiring fasciocutaneous flaps to ultimately close the wound. Risk factors, physiology, and modifications to decrease fluoroscopic radiation burns are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cuzzone
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rowin
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perdrizet
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Babigian
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D001415:Back; D020785:Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors