Stereotactic radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations, Part 1: Management of Spetzler-Martin Grade I and II arteriovenous malformations: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-20

  Kano, Hideyuki ^a,b   Lunsford, L Dade ^a,b   Flickinger, John C ^a,b   Yang, Huai Che ^a,b,c   Flannery, Thomas J ^a,b   Awan, Nasir R ^a,b   Niranjan, Ajay ^a,b   Novotny, Josef ^a,b   Kondziolka, Douglas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformation; Complications; Gamma Knife surgery; Spetzler Martin grade; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARM DISEASE; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VARICOSIS;

EID: 84855367944     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.9.JNS101740     Document Type: Article

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