Stylianos Pikis, Georgios Mantziaris, Chloe Dumot, Ahmed Shaaban, Maria Protopapa, Zhiyuan Xu, Ajay Niranjan, Zhishuo Wei, Priyanka Srinivasan, Lilly W Tang, Roman Liscak, Jaromir May, Nuria Martinez Moreno, Roberto Martinez Álvarez, Selcuk Peker, Yavuz Samanci, Ahmed M Nabeel, Wael A Reda, Sameh R Tawadros, Khaled Abdelkarim, Amr M N El-Shehaby, Reem M Emad, Ahmed Hesham Elazzazi, Varun Padmanaban, Francis J Jareczek, James McInerney, Kevin M Cockroft, Dade Lunsford, Jason P Sheehan
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There are no studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of more than 2 stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) procedures for cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM). The aim of this study was to provide evidence on the role of third single-session SRS for AVM residual. METHODS: This multicenter, retrospective study included patients managed with a third single-session SRS procedure for an AVM residual. The primary study outcome was defined as AVM nidus obliteration without AVM bleeding or symptomatic radiation-induced changes (RIC)...
December 18, 2023: Neurosurgery