Motor Cortex Arteriovenous Malformation

Authors

Alfred P. See
Bruno C. Flores
Karam Moon
Andrew F. Ducruet, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow
Robert F. Spetzler, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow
Felipe C. Albuquerque, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow

Department

neurosurgery

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Supratentorial arteriovenous malformations in eloquent territories can be difficult to resect. This video presents the treatment of a patient with a symptomatic 3-cm arteriovenous malformation in the left motor strip. At the authors' institution, per the surgeon's discretion, preoperative angiography is performed to evaluate the need for preoperative embolization. Multimodality treatment reduced the microsurgical risk by allowing early occlusion of a draining vein, by decreasing overall intraoperative hemorrhage, and by allowing minimal pial dissection in the deep aspect of the arteriovenous malformation that abutted the corticospinal tract. The choice of embolysate was an additional nuance of the embolization. The video can be found here: https://youtu.be/HWZ0RjgPEXg .

Publication Date

2017

Publication Title

Neurosurgical focus

ISSN

1092-0684

Volume

43

First Page

V2

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.3171/2017.7.FocusVid.17136

Recommended Citation

See, Alfred P.; Flores, Bruno C.; Moon, Karam; Ducruet, Andrew F.; Spetzler, Robert F.; and Albuquerque, Felipe C., "Motor Cortex Arteriovenous Malformation" (2017). Neurosurgery. 277.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/277