Surgery versus stereotactic radiosurgery for small, operable cerebral arteriovenous malformations: A clinical and cost comparison

Neurosurgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 757-766

  Porter, Phillip J ^a,b   Shin, Anne Y ^a   Detsky, Allan S ^a   Lefaive, Len ^a   Wallace, M Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Decision making; Radiosurgery; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRANIOTOMY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030815577     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199710000-00001     Document Type: Article

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