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Spontaneous closure of a superior sagittal sinus dural arteriovenous fistula after treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage and secondary hydrocephalus

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Abbreviations

CVR:

Cortical venous reflux

DAVF:

Dural arteriovenous fistula

SAH:

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

SSS:

Superior sagittal sinus

MMA:

Middle meningeal artery

MRA:

Magnetic resonance angiography

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Drs. Megumi Matsuda, Ryota Nomura, Daisuke Mori, Seiji Ara, Tamio Ito, and Yoshihiro Sumi (Department of Neurosurgery, Nakamura Memorial South Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan) for their support. We also thank Jane Charbonneau, DVM, from Edanz (https://jp.edanz.com/ac) for editing a draft of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Nakamura Memorial South Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

    Hideki Endo, Tomoaki Ishizuka, Takeo Murahashi & Koji Oka

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Nakamura Memorial Hospital, South 1, West 14, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8570, Japan

    Hideki Endo, Tomoaki Ishizuka, Takeo Murahashi & Hirohiko Nakamura

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Takikawa Neurosurgical Hospital, Takikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

    Takeo Murahashi

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Hideki Endo contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Hideki Endo, Tomoaki Ishizuka, Takeo Murahashi. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Hideki Endo and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Endo, H., Ishizuka, T., Murahashi, T. et al. Spontaneous closure of a superior sagittal sinus dural arteriovenous fistula after treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage and secondary hydrocephalus. Neurol Sci 44, 2959–2962 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-06786-w

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