Surgical treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Follow-up study of 43 cases.
In 43 patients with arterio-venous malformations and one patient with a cavernous haemangioma, whose angiomas were completely removed by the same Surgeon, pre- and postoperative angiograms were reviewed and the clinical results documented in a follow-up study. Mortality rate (7%) and severe disability (7%) are significantly lower than in untreated patients. A poor outcome strongly depends on the number of feeding arteries, on localization (midline) and size.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed