Embolization before radiosurgery reduces the obliteration rate of arteriovenous malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-451

  Andrade Souza, Yuri M ^a   Ramani, Meera ^a   Scora, Daryl ^b   Tsao, May N ^b   TerBrugge, Karel ^b   Schwartz, Michael L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Dosimetry; Embolization; Outcome; Radiosurgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; ONTARIO; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847414475     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000255347.25959.D0     Document Type: Article

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