Spinal Cord Feeding Arteries at MR Angiography for Thoracoscopic Spinal Surgery: Feasibility Study and Implications for Surgical Approach

Abstract

Preoperative imaging of the AKA is feasible with contrast-enhanced MR angiography. Contrast-enhanced MR angiography can be used to image the main feeding arteries of the spinal cord in patients undergoing thoracoscopic spinal surgery, and results can be used to change the side of surgical approach.