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.

Key words:

• Coil embolisation
• arterio-venous malformation
• spinal
• surgery
• radiology