Patient 1. Sketch of pathologic vessel anatomy with the spinal AVM remnant (VA, vertebral artery; BA, basilar artery). Venous drainage via the anterior spinal vein (ASV), pontomedullary sulcus vein (PMSV), inferior vermian vein IVV, into the torcular (T)

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Patient 1: arterial supply of the spinal AVM remnant from the right...

Patient 1. Sketch of pathologic vessel anatomy with the spinal AVM...

Patient 1: Transvenous navigation of microcatheters (Magic 1,2 FM,...

Patient 1. Retrograde pressure cooker embolization (a) with the final...

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Endovascular treatment of spinal AVM: report of two cases with transvenous approach in combination with retrograde pressure cooker technique

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Mar 2023

Christian Paul Stracke
Wolfram Schwindt
Lukas Meyer
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René Chapot

Purpose Endovascular treatment of spinal AVMs is limited by low complete cure rates. Transarterial extensive treatment with liquid embolics carries the risk of clinically relevant ischemic complications. We report two cases of symptomatic spinal AVMs treated by a transvenous approach with retrograde pressure cooker technique. Methods In two select...