Radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations.
In summary, many reports indicate that approximately 80% of AVMs in the "radiosurgery-sized range" will be angiographically obliterated 2 years after radiosurgical treatment. Permanent neurologic complications are rare (2 to 3%). The major drawback of this treatment method is that patients are unprotected against hemorrhage during the 2-year latent period. Although radiosurgery has been used primarily as a single modality of treatment in previous studies, more recently it has been increasingly used as part of a multimodality treatment approach incorporating surgical and endovascular methods. Radiosurgery is currently of unproven value in the treatment of cavernous malformations.
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016634:Radiosurgery