title: Coil embolisation of intercostal artery for operative localisation of spinal dural arterio-venous fistulae.
abstract: We describe a new method of intra-operative localisation of spinal dural arterio-venous fistulae, involving pre-operative embolisation of the appropriate intercostal artery. This method has significant advantages over other forms of spinal level localisation and has not previously been described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Westgate Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. chris.barrett@nuth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jayakrishnan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gholkar
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Todd
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000098:blood supply*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome