Context Outcomes following treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) with
microsurgery, embolization, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), or combinations vary greatly …

A 51-year-old woman presents with a generalized tonic–clonic seizure. After a brief postictal
period, she recovers and reports no headache or other neurologic symptoms. She takes no …

✓ Stereotactic radiosurgery successfully obliterates carefully selected arteriovenous
malformations (AVM's) of the brain. In an initial 3-year experience using the 201-source …

Arteriovenous malformations of the brain are congenital vascular lesions that affect 0· 01–0·
50% of the population, and are generally present in patients aged 20–40 years. The usual …

Intracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are relatively uncommon but increasingly
recognized lesions that can cause serious neurological symptoms or death. Although AVMs …

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical and angiographic variables that affect the results of
arteriovenous malformation (AVM) radiosurgery and to propose a new method of reporting …

Object. Radiosurgery is an effective treatment strategy for properly selected patients
harboring arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Grading scales that are currently used to …

✓ Embolization was used to reduce the size of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs)
prior to radiosurgical treatment in 125 patients who were poor surgical candidates or had …

Object. In this study the authors quantified a subgroup of patients with Spetzler—Martin
Grades IV and V arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) recommended for complete, partial, or …

Background Angiography shows that stereotactic radiosurgery obliterates most cerebral
arteriovenous malformations after a latency period of a few years. However, the effect of this …