title: Radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations.
abstract: Radiosurgery has been shown, in multiple reports using various radiosurgical methodologies, to be a safe and effective means of treating AVMs. The major drawback of this treatment method is that it does not provide, as does open surgery, immediate protection against re-hemorrhage. For those lesions in the appropriate size range (< 3.5 cm in diameter) which are not amenable to treatment with surgical and/or endovascular techniques, radiosurgery has become an accepted and valuable part of the neurosurgical treatment armamentarium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Bova
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods