Lumbar arteries

Lumbar arteries

Imaging of the spine

Published in Sarah McWilliams, Practical Radiological Anatomy, 2011

o Two posterior arteries and one anterior artery supply the cord. These arise from the vertebral arteries or their branch, the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA), in the neck. They receive further branches from the inter-costals and lumbar arteries as they descend. The largest of these branches and the best known arises at T8-12, called the artery of Adamkiewicz, which is the predomi-nant supply to the thoracolumbar cord. It arises on the left in 75% and makes a characteristic hairpin bend in its course. The upper thoracic cord is poorly supplied with a watershed area at T4.

Identifying and addressing the limitations of EVAR technology

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Published in Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2018

Viony M Belvroy, Ignas B Houben, Santi Trimarchi, Himanshu J Patel, Frans L Moll, Joost A. Van Herwaarden

Type II. This endoleak is the retrograde filling of the aneurysm, mainly from lumbar arteries and/or inferior mesenteric artery [29]. This is the most common type of endoleak in endovascular abdominal aortic repair, with an overall incidence of around 10.5% [28].

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