Open AccessStereotactic radiosurgery with versus without prior Onyx embolization for brain arteriovenous malformations
Author(s) -
Ching-Jen Chen,
Dale Ding,
ChengChia Lee,
Kathryn N. Kearns,
I. Jonathan Pomeraniec,
Christopher P. Cifarelli,
David Arsanious,
Roman Liščák,
Jaromír Hanuška,
Brian J. Williams,
Mehran Yusuf,
Shiao Y. Woo,
Natasha Ironside,
Rebecca M. Burke,
Ronald E. Warnick,
Daniel M. Trifiletti,
David Mathieu,
Monica Mureb,
Carolina Benjamin,
Douglas Kondziolka,
Caleb Feliciano,
Rafael RodríguezMercado,
Kevin M. Cockroft,
Scott D. Simon,
Heath B. Mackley,
Samer G. Zammar,
Neel Patel,
Varun Padmanaban,
Nathan Beatson,
Anissa Saylany,
John Y. K. Lee,
Jason P. Sheehan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.564
H-Index - 210
eISSN - 1933-0693
pISSN - 0022-3085
DOI - 10.3171/2020.7.jns201731
Subject(s) - medicine , radiosurgery , embolization , arteriovenous malformation , retrospective cohort study , cohort , intracranial arteriovenous malformations , radiology , asymptomatic , surgery , nuclear medicine , cerebral angiography , angiography , radiation therapy
Investigations of the combined effects of neoadjuvant Onyx embolization and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) on brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have not accounted for initial angioarchitectural features prior to neuroendovascular intervention. The aim of this retrospective, multicenter matched cohort study is to compare the outcomes of SRS with versus without upfront Onyx embolization for AVMs using de novo characteristics of the preembolized nidus.