Supratentorial Arteriovenous Malformations

Authors

Richard E. Clatterbuck
Frank P.K. Hsu
Robert F. Spetzler, Barrow Neurological InstituteFollow

Department

neurosurgery

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Arteriovenous malformations are a heterogeneous group of intra-axial central nervous system vascular lesions consisting of tangles of abnormal arteriovenous connections without intervening capillary beds. The heterogeneity of arteriovenous malformations is described by the Spetzler-Martin grading scale, a scale that also forms the basis for clinical decision making. The microsurgical treatment of appropriately selected supratentorial arteriovenous malformations is based on the tenets of circumferential isolation and transection of arterial feeders, preservation of vessels en passant and surrounding functional neural tissue, and skeletonization and transection of venous drainage.

Publication Date

2005

Publication Title

Neurosurgery

ISSN

0148-396X

Volume

57

Issue

1

First Page

S-164

Last Page

S-167

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1227/01.NEU.0000164454.70131.3A

Recommended Citation

Clatterbuck, Richard E.; Hsu, Frank P.K.; and Spetzler, Robert F., "Supratentorial Arteriovenous Malformations" (2005). Neurosurgery. 398.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/398