title: Minimally invasive surgery for cerebral AVM in the eloquent cortex.
abstract: The treatment of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is still a challenging problem in the neurosurgical field. The usual operative procedure has been the removal of the AVM by sucking the gliosis which surrounds it. However, by using such a method in the functional area, especially the sensory and motor cortex, it has been impossible to remove the AVM without postoperative neurological deficit. Recent reports have shown that a 1 mm thickness of the brain around a large AVM is non-functioning;(1,2) therefore, we aimed to remove only the AVM without sucking the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iritani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanno