How safe is arteriovenous malformation surgery? A prospective, observational study of surgery as first-line treatment for brain arteriovenous malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 498-504

  Davidson, Andrew S ^a   Morgan, Michael K ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intracranial arteriovenous malformations; Neurosurgical procedures; Research design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OBSERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649159210     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000365518.47684.98     Document Type: Article

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