title: Endovascular transluminal stent grafting: Treatment of choice for post lumbar spine surgery iliac arterio-venous fistulae.
abstract: Iliac vessels are prone to injury during lumbar spine surgery due to their proximity to the lumbar spine. Arterio-venous fistula formation during lumbar spine surgery is an uncommon complication and can present as an asymptomatic incidental finding to rapidly deteriorating hemodynamics leading to cardiopulmonary collapse. We have reported three patients who had symptomatic iliac arterio-venous fistula detected soon after lumbar spine surgery. All these patients were successfully treated by endovascular transluminal stent grafting. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Rohit
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: complications adult cath/intervention; fistula/shunts; hemodynamics; peripheral vascular disease