Observation Versus Intervention for Low-Grade Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas.
Ching-Jen ChenThomas J BuellDale DingRidhima GunigantiAkash P KansagraGiuseppe LanzinoWaleed BrinjikjiLouis KimMichael R LevittIsaac Josh AbecassisDiederik BultersAndrew DurnfordW Christopher FoxAdam J PolifkaBradley A GrossMinako HayakawaColin P DerdeynEdgar A SamaniegoSepideh Amin-HanjaniAli AlarajAmanda KwasnickiJ Marc C van DijkAdriaan R E PotgieserRobert M StarkeStephanie ChenJunichiro SatomiYoshiteru TadaAdib AblaRyan R L PhelpsRose DuRosalind LaiGregory J ZipfelJason P Sheehannull nullPublished in: Neurosurgery (2021)
Intervention for low-grade intracranial dAVFs achieves superior obliteration rates compared to conservative management, but it fails to improve neurological or functional outcomes. Our findings do not support the routine treatment of low-grade dAVFs.