Gamma knife surgery for dural arteriovenous shunts: 25 Years of experience

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 867-875

  Söderman, Michael ^a   Edner, Göran ^b   Ericson, Kaj ^b   Karlsson, Bengt ^b   Rähn, Tiit ^b   Ulfarsson, Elfar ^b   Andersson, Tommy ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arteriovenous fistula; Dural arteriovenous shunt; Gamma knife surgery; Radiosurgery; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744779058     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.6.867     Document Type: Article

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