Repeat Single-Session Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society Practice Guidelines.
Ahmed ShaabanSalem M TosGeorgios MantziarisRupesh KotechaLaura FariselliAlessandra GorgulhoMarc LevivierLijun MaIan PaddickBruce E PollockJean RegisJohn H SuhShoji YomoArjun SahgalJason P SheehanPublished in: Neurosurgery (2024)
For an incompletely obliterated AVM, repeat radiosurgery after 3 to 5 years of follow-up from the first SRS provides a reasonable benefit to the risk profile. After repeat SRS, obliteration is achieved in the majority of patients. The risk of hemorrhage or radiation-induced change appears low, and International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society recommendations are presented.