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Transvenous embolization of a cerebrospinal fluid–venous fistula for the treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension
  1. Nicholas Borg1,
  2. Soliman Oushy1,
  3. Luis Savastano1,
  4. Waleed Brinjikji2
  1. 1 Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  2. 2 Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nicholas Borg, Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; borg.nicholas{at}mayo.edu

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid–venous fistula is an increasingly recognized cause of spontaneous intracranial hypotension.1 The site of the leak is between the dural sleeve around a spinal nerve root and the surrounding foraminal veins. In appropriately investigated patients, transvenous embolization of the draining foraminal and paraspinal veins has been shown to be an effective way of treating the disease, with low periprocedural morbidity, improvement in symptoms and radiological appearances.2 Video 1 shows the technique employed in a typical case using Onyx (Medtronic, Minnesota, USA) to embolize a CSF–venous fistula at the right T10 neural foramen.

Video 1 Video showing the technique for trans-venous embolization of a right T10 CSF-venous fistula for the treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension. The first section covers patient selection and work up, before then focusing on the technical aspects of navigating through the azygos system to the target foramen and completely occluding the pathway for CSF outflow.
  • intracranial pressure
  • spinal nerve
  • vein
  • technique
  • fistula

https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-018160

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    • Contributors All authors contributed equally to the production of this technical video and its associated abstract.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.