The effect of incomplete patient follow-up on the reported results of AVM radiosurgery

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-384

  Heffez, Dan S ^a   Osterdock, Renatta J ^a   Alderete, Lori ^a   Grutsch, James ^a  

^a Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Efficacy; Life table analysis; Radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; LIFE TABLES; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032053862     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(97)00441-2     Document Type: Article

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