Michael Lawton describes a surgical technique where a large venous varix or encephalomalacia can create working space inside the spinal cord to circumferentially dissect a spinal AVM nidus and reach anterior spinal artery feeders.
It may sound crazy, but a large venous varix or encephalomalacia from prior hemorrhage can create working space within the spinal cord
to circumferentially dissect a spinal AVM nidus
reach anterior spinal artery feeders coming from the ventral cord surface.
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