TY - JOUR
T1 - Posterior fossa arteriovenous malformations
AU - Drake, C. G.
AU - Friedman, A. H.
AU - Peerless, S. J.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - The authors report their treatment of 66 infratentorial arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) in patients aged 5 to 69 years. Sixty-one of them presented with hemorrhage, three with headache, and two with focal neurological deficits. Five patients underwent surgical exploration only, one was treated with ventriculostomy, three had ligation of the AVM feeding arteries, four underwent intraoperative embolization, and two had pontine hematomas removed; complete excision was attempted in 51 patients and accomplished in 47. Twelve of the patients also had aneurysms (nine of which had ruptured). Of the series, 71% had a good result, 14% a poor result, and 15% died. Most of the operative morbidity was due to massive postoperative hemorrhage, probably related to inadequate hemostasis.
AB - The authors report their treatment of 66 infratentorial arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) in patients aged 5 to 69 years. Sixty-one of them presented with hemorrhage, three with headache, and two with focal neurological deficits. Five patients underwent surgical exploration only, one was treated with ventriculostomy, three had ligation of the AVM feeding arteries, four underwent intraoperative embolization, and two had pontine hematomas removed; complete excision was attempted in 51 patients and accomplished in 47. Twelve of the patients also had aneurysms (nine of which had ruptured). Of the series, 71% had a good result, 14% a poor result, and 15% died. Most of the operative morbidity was due to massive postoperative hemorrhage, probably related to inadequate hemostasis.
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U2 - 10.3171/jns.1986.64.1.0001
DO - 10.3171/jns.1986.64.1.0001
M3 - Article
C2 - 3484518
AN - SCOPUS:0022654669
SN - 0022-3085
VL - 64
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Journal of Neurosurgery
JF - Journal of Neurosurgery
IS - 1
ER -