Surgical Obliteration of a Filum Terminale Arteriovenous Fistula Following Aborted Endovascular Embolization: Illustrative Case Report and Literature Review

Jordyn Mullins; Drew A Thibault; Alejandro Pando; Priyank Khandelwal; Ali T Meybodi; Amit Singla

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Surgical Obliteration of a Filum Terminale Arteriovenous Fistula Following Aborted Endovascular Embolization: Illustrative Case Report and Literature Review

Jordyn Mullins Drew A Thibault Alejandro Pando Priyank Khandelwal Ali T Meybodi Amit Singla

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Jordyn Mullins, Drew A Thibault, Alejandro Pando, et al. (2024). Surgical Obliteration of a Filum Terminale Arteriovenous Fistula Following Aborted Endovascular Embolization: Illustrative Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.75083

Surgical Obliteration of a Filum Terminale Arteriovenous Fistula Following Aborted Endovascular Embolization: Illustrative Case Report and Literature Review

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