Gamma Knife surgery for angiographically occult vascular malformations

• Published in: Stereotactic and functional neurosurgery Vol. 64 Suppl 1; p. 98
• Main Authors: Seo, Y, Fukuoka, S, Takanashi, M, Nakagawara, J, Suematsu, K, Nakamura, J, Nagashima, K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 1995
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cerebral Angiography; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - diagnosis; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations - surgery; Male; Middle Aged; Radiosurgery; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

To evaluate the effect of radiosurgery on angiographically occult vascular malformations (AOVMs), 9 patients treated with Gamma Knife surgery were followed up for 21-37 months. Eight patients had bleeding episodes, 1 had uncontrollable epilepsy. Rebleeding occurred in 3 AOVMs 5 or 6 months after tre...