Radiosurgery facilitates resection of brain arteriovenous malformations and reduces surgical morbidity

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-238

  Sanchez Mejia, Rene O ^a,c   McDermott, Michael W ^a   Tan, Jeffery ^b   Kim, Helen ^b   Young, William L ^a   Lawton, Michaelt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Endovascular embolization; Microsurgical resection; Multimodality treatment; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61449158737     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000338068.44060.EA     Document Type: Article

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