title: Minimally invasive neurosurgical access techniques to facilitate endovascular treatment of dural arteriovenous fistulae.
abstract: We report two cases of dural arteriovenous fistulae treated endovascularly, where percutaneous venous or arterial access was not suitable. In both cases, a different surgical access technique was used to allow transcranial cannulation of the appropriate venous sinus or of the varix to gain access and occlude the fistula.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle Upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Christopher J A
authors.initials: CJA
authors.lastname: Cowie
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle Upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Pešić-Smith
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle Upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Shuaibu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dambatta
authors.affiliation: b Department of Neuroradiology , Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle Upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gholkar
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle Upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Surash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Surash
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle Upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Alistair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgery , Royal Victoria Infirmary , Newcastle Upon Tyne , UK.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitchell
keywords: dural arteriovenous fistula; endovascular therapy; minimally invasive access