title: Acute operation on arteriovenous malformation with hematomas--report on six cases.
abstract: Six cases with arteriovenous malformations (AVM) and intracerebral hematomas causing coma and tentorial herniation are presented. All patients were operated on acutely: The hematoma and malformation were removed. All patients survived. The acute operation on AVM with hematomas even in comatose patients with tentorial herniation is useful and possibly contributes to reduction of the total mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Neurosurgery, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main.
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Steudel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lorenz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berkefeld
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014794:Visual Fields