Luca Zanin, Rina Di Bonaventura, Edoardo Agosti, Lodovico Terzi di Bergamo, Dino Daniele, Giorgio Saraceno, Anna Maria Auricchio, Carmelo Lucio Sturiale, Mauro Bergui, Dikran Mardighian, Guido Stura, Alessandro Pedicelli, Ettore Bresciani, Karol Migliorati, Alexander Yohan, Enrico Marchese, Alessio Albanese, Roberto Gasparotti, Anne Laure Bernat, Emmanuel Houdart, Alessandro Olivi, Sebastian Froelich, Damien Bresson, Marco Maria Fontanella, Francesco Doglietto
Surgery and endovascular therapy are the primary treatment options for spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF). Due to the absence of a consensus regarding which therapy yields a superior outcome, we conducted a comparative analysis of the surgical and endovascular treatment of SDAVF through a multicenter case series and a systematic literature review. Patients with SDAVF, surgically or endovascularly treated at four neurosurgical centers from January 2001 to December 2021, were included in this study. Level of SDAVF, primary treatment modality, baseline and post-procedural neurological status were collected...
May 7, 2024: Neurosurgical Review