title: Stereotactic endoscopic resection of angiographically occult vascular malformations.
abstract: Total resection of angiographically occult vascular malformations was performed in four patients using stereotactic open-system endoscopy. The lesions were relatively small but localized deep in the brain or involving eloquent cortex. Fiber-guided YAG laser coagulation was efficient for haemostasis and no significant complication was seen in any case. Endoscopic stereotactic laser surgery by open-system endoscopy is considered a safe and promising treatment for small AOVM's located in deep or eloquent neural structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Miyagi National Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Otsuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jokura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakasato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019723:Endoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation