| Arterio-venous fistula following a lumbar disc surgery. | |
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PMID: 22144752 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Vascular complications during posterior lumbar disc surgery are rare and its presentation with varicose veins is even rarer. A 23 year-old male patient presented with large varicose veins in right lower limb. He underwent a posterior lumbar spine discectomy surgery. He noticed mild swelling of the distal third right lower limb 3 months after index surgery and reported 6 months later when he developed varicose veins. Duplex Doppler confirmed varicose veins of the long saphenous vein and its tributaries with a patent deep venous system. A digital subtraction angiogram demonstrated a large right common iliac artery (CIA) false aneurysm with an arteriovenous fistula between right common iliac vessels. He had a right CIA covered stent insertion with good results. Varicose veins were later managed with sapheno-femoral junction ligation and a below knee long saphenous vein stripping. At six month follow-up the lower limb swelling had completely recovered and duplex ultrasound did not show any recurrence of varicose veins. |
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Thanyani V Mulaudzi; Mbokeleng H Sikhosana |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Indian journal of orthopaedics Volume: 45 ISSN: 1998-3727 ISO Abbreviation: Indian J Orthop Publication Date: 2011 Nov |
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Created Date: 2011-12-06 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0137736 Medline TA: Indian J Orthop Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 563-4 Citation Subset: - |
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Medi-Clinic Unit of Peripheral Vascular Disease, Department of General Surgery, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. |
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