Thrombosis and hemorrhage in the acute period following Gamma Knife surgery for arteriovenous malformation: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-131

  Celix, Juanita M ^a   Douglas, James G ^a,b   Haynor, Davi D ^b   Goodkin, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Gamma knife; Hemorrhage; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOGENESIS; VEIN EMBOLISM; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VEINS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650793564     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.JNS08784     Document Type: Article

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