Surgical management of pediatric cerebral arteriovenous malformations

Rubin, David; Santillán, Alejandro; Greenfield, Jeffrey P; Souweidane, Mark; Riina, Howard A

Surgical management of pediatric cerebral arteriovenous malformations

2010

Rubin, David | Santillán, Alejandro | Greenfield, Jeffrey P | Souweidane, Mark | Riina, Howard A

Background Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are the most common cause of intracerebral hemorrhage in children. Different options exist for their successful management consisting of surgery, endovascular embolization, stereotactic radiosurgery, or a combination of these treatments. Discussion In this paper, we discuss the different treatment modalities in the treatment of pediatric cerebral AVMs emphasizing the role of surgery and endovascular embolization as a preoperative strategy.

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Bibliographic information

Published in

Child's nervous system ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volume 26 Issue 10 Pagination 1337 - 1344 ISSN 0256-7040

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag

Other Subjects

Endovascular procedures; Embolization; Therapeutic; Endovascular; Radiosurgery; Avm; Child; Combined modality therapy; Cerebral hemorrhage; Intracranial arteriovenous malformations; Complications; Treatment outcome; Surgery

Language

English

Type

Text; Journal Article

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00381-010-1211-1

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