Surgical Treatment of Cranial Arteriovenous Malformations and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

Gustavo Pradilla; Alexander L. Coon; Judy Huang; Rafael J. Tamargo

doi:10.1016/j.nec.2011.10.002

Surgical Treatment of Cranial Arteriovenous Malformations and Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas

Gustavo Pradilla, Alexander L. Coon, Judy Huang, Rafael J. Tamargo

School of Medicine

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Abstract

Microsurgical resection remains the treatment of choice for more than half of all patients with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). It reduces the treatment window to a span of a few weeks and is curative. Careful patient selection, meticulous surgical planning, and painstaking technical execution of surgery are typically rewarded with excellent outcomes. For dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVFs), microsurgical obliteration is often reserved for cases in which endovascular therapy either cannot be pursued or fails. When performed, however, microsurgical obliteration of DAVFs is associated with excellent outcomes as well. This article reviews the current state of microsurgical treatment of AVMs and DAVFs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	105-122
Number of pages	18
Journal	Neurosurgery clinics of North America
Volume	23
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nec.2011.10.002
State	Published - Jan 2012

Keywords

Arteriovenous malformations
Dural arteriovenous fistulas
Microsurgical resection
Surgical outcomes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Surgery
Clinical Neurology

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