title: Treatment decisions in brain AVMs: the case for and against surgery.
abstract: Thus, it is clear that intracranial AVMs are a complex and heterogeneous condition, as are the patients they afflict. There is no true single strategy that is successful in even a majority of patients. The process of evaluation and management of AVM patients is a very strong argument for the creation of a "stroke center" in which a multidisciplinary team of cerebrovascular practitioners interacts collegially and effectively on a day-to-day basis for the management of the gamut of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Batjer
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000009:adverse effects; D018579:Patient Selection