Modern Classification and Outcome Predictors of Surgery in Patients With Brain Arteriovenous Malformations

Department

neurosurgery

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVM) are challenging lesions. Part of this challenge stems from the infinite diversity of these lesions regarding shape, location, anatomy, and physiology. This diversity has called on a variety of treatment modalities for these lesions, of which microsurgical resection prevails as the mainstay of treatment. As such, outcome prediction and managing strategy mainly rely on unraveling the nature of these complex tangles and ways each lesion responds to various therapeutic modalities. This strategy needs the ability to decipher each lesion through accurate and efficient categorization. Therefore, classification schemes are essential parts of treatment planning and outcome prediction. This article summarizes different surgical classification schemes and outcome predictors proposed for bAVMs.

Publication Date

2018

Publication Title

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

ISSN

0390-5616

Volume

62

Issue

4

First Page

454

Last Page

466

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.23736/S0390-5616.18.04394-1

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