Arterio-venous malformations in childhood: clinical presentation, results after operative treatment and long-term follow-up.
In a series of 182 arterio-venous malformations (AVM) recently published we found 33 children aged 1 to 16 years. In 28 cases, the admitting condition was hemorrhage. For 31 AVMs total excision was possible. We observed one postoperative death accounting for a mortality of 3%. All children but two were followed-up by personal examination. Two were not able to work due to severe neurological deficits and seven had not been able to get into their intended occupation.
Department of Neurosurgery, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, West-Germany.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male