{{ (moduleVm.actions && moduleVm.changeStatus) ? moduleVm.status : '' }} Transvenous Embolization of Cerebrospinal Fluid-Venous Fistulas: Pearls, Pitfalls, and Lessons Learned - Vol. 45, No. 11

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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Describe the clinical presentations of spontaneous intracranial hypotension and outline a diagnostic algorithm for identifying cerebrospinal fluid-venous fistulas (CSFVFs).
  2. Plan direct transvenous approaches for effective and efficient CSFVF embolization.
  3. Identify alternative indirect approaches for CSFVF embolization, principles of remote embolization, and removal of unstable Onyx plugs.

Disclosures

All authors, faculty, and staff have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible organizations regarding this educational activity.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 2.0 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: CNE1123
Published: November 2023
Expires: 10/31/2025
Sources: Contemporary Neurosurgery
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Ryan M. Naylor, MD, PhD, Ajay A. Madhavan, MD, Jeremy K. Cutsforth-Gregory, MD, Giuseppe Lanzino, MD, and Waleed Brinjikji, MD
Categories: Neurology
Specialties: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Surgery
Topics: Cerebrospinal Fluid , Intracranial Hypotension , Transvenous Embolization