Abstract：
:Embolization is commonly used for the treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) prior to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). Due to mixed outcomes, however, its use remains controversial. This article is a review of recent studies assessing the efficacy of pre-radiosurgical embolization for brain AVMs. Articles published between 1990 and 2017 on the subject of pre-radiosurgical AVM embolization were retrieved from PubMed. A literature review was performed on the selected studies to compare obliteration, hemorrhage, and complication rates from groups treated with embolization prior to radiosurgery to those treated without embolization. Overall, the studies reviewed demonstrate mixed results on the efficacy of pre-radiosurgical AVM embolization. For large, complex AVMs, embolization prior to radiosurgery may have a role in carefully selected patients performed by experienced practitioners.
journal_name
J Neurosurg Scijournal_title
Journal of neurosurgical sciencesauthors
Iyer A,D'souza M,Steinberg GKdoi
10.23736/S0390-5616.18.04425-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-08-01 00:00:00pages
514-518issue
4eissn
0390-5616issn
1827-1855pii
S0390-5616.18.04425-9journal_volume
62pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Between 1985 and 1993, we treated seven cases of optic nerve sheath meningiomas. The median age at onset of their symptoms was 42.14 years. All of the patients were aged between 27 and 60 females with a slowly progressive lesion. Computed tomography and/or magnetic resonance imaging were used as diagnostic procedure i...
journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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doi：
更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0390-5616.18.04552-6
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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journal_title：Journal of neurosurgical sciences
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更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
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