LEFT COMMON ILIAC ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA SUSPECTED TO BE COMPLICATED WITH SURGERY FOR LUMBER DISC HERNIATION DETECTED BECAUSE OF CARDIAC FAILURE 16 YEARS LATER -A CASE REPORT-

Abstract

A 60-year-old woman who had undergone 2 operations for lumber herniation developed congestive heart failure 16 years after the second operation caused by a left iliac arteriovenous fistula. The patient was successfully operated on by direct closure of the fistula from inside of the left common iliac artery. After surgery, symptoms of congestive heart failure were ameliorated. This woman had no history of abdominal injury or iliac arterial aneurysm, and operation for lumber herniation was suspected to be the cause of the arteriovenous fistula.