Alejandro J Quiroz Alfaro, Andrés F Herrera Ortíz, Orlando M Diaz, Joaquin Hidalgo, José A Hakim Tawil, José D Cardona Ortegón, Juan A Mejía
Traumatic cervical arteriovenous fistulas are rare, accounting for only 4% of all arteriovenous fistulas. They can be caused by penetrating, or rarely, blunt trauma, resulting in high-pressure arterial blood draining directly into a vein, decreasing distal perfusion. They are seldom reported as a complication of a carotid paraganglioma surgical resection. Historically, arteriovenous fistulas were treated initially conservatively, after that, surgically; nowadays, endovascular treatment, when feasible, is the preferred method as it offers advantages over surgery...
April 2023: Curēus