Brainstem arteriovenous malformations: Anatomical subtypes, assessment of "occlusion in situ" technique, and microsurgical results

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-117

  Han, Seunggu J ^a   Englot, Dario J ^a   Kim, Helen ^b   Lawton, Michael T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Brainstem; Occlusion in situ; Subtypes; Surgery; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALEN VEIN; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEUROSURGEON; OCCLUSION IN SITU TECHNIQUE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PONS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TROCHLEAR NERVE; WEAKNESS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925283768     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.8.JNS1483     Document Type: Article

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