title: Spinal arteriovenous malformation: use of intraoperative color Doppler ultrasonography guidance for surgical resection. Case report.
abstract: Spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) may be associated with sensory and motor deficits, bowel or bladder dysfunction, radicular pain or deficit, and back pain. Hemorrhage can occur in the parenchyma leading to the acute onset of symptoms. Neurosurgical resection is one of the way of treatment. Several techniques including intraoperative angiography, dye-injection and the micro Doppler method have proven to be useful during the surgical resection of spinal vascular lesions. Herein, we report our experience with intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS) and color Doppler ultrasonography guidance for visualizing a spinal cord AVM during surgery. IOUS is a time-saving and noninvasive method for intraoperative imaging of spinal AVM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology,Istanbul Medipol University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. ozdil.baskan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ozdil
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baskan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Medipol University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Durdag
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology,Istanbul Medipol University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Geyik
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Medipol University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elmaci
mesh_terms: D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*