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Venous Ulcers: An Unusual Presentation of Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula Caused by Lumbar Disc Surgery.

Badr Aljabri
Published in: Angiology (2023)
Iatrogenic arteriovenous (AV) fistula is a rare complication of lumbar disc surgery. We report a 38-year-old man who presented with bilateral lower limb venous ulcerations and was diagnosed with an AV fistula from previous L4-L5 laminectomy between the right common iliac artery and left common iliac vein, which was successfully treated using an endovascular stent graft.
Keyphrases
  • minimally invasive
  • lower limb
  • coronary artery bypass
  • endovascular treatment
  • surgical site infection
  • coronary artery disease