Long-term outcomes of stereotactic radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations in the thalamus

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 398-403

  Koga, Tomoyuki ^a   Shin, Masahiro ^a   Maruyama, Keisuke ^a   Terahara, Atsuro ^a   Saito, Nobuhito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Gamma knife; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; APHASIA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSESTHESIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; THALAMUS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955001365     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000371989.90956.6F     Document Type: Article

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