Is repeated radiosurgery an alternative to staged radiosurgery for very large brain arteriovenous malformations?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 740-744

  Karlsson, Bengt ^a   Jokura, Hidefumi ^b   Yamamoto, Masaaki ^c   Söderman, Michael ^d   Lax, Ingmar ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Furukawa Seiryo Hospital   (Japan)

^c Katsuta Hospital Mito Gamma House   (Japan)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Gamma Knife surgery; Obliteration rate; Outcome assessment; Repeated radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOSURGERY; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35148832432     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS-07/10/0740     Document Type: Article

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