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Embolization before Gamma Knife radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations does not negatively impact its obliteration rate: a series of 190 patients.

Florence LefrancChifra FentonThomas BonnetOlivier De WitteStéphane SimonViviane De MaertelaerBenjamin MineFlorence LefrancBoris Lubicz
Published in: Neuroradiology (2022)
This study shows that the embolization of AVMs does not have a negative impact on the obliteration rate after radiosurgery. Embolization reduces the AVM size to a treatable volume by GKRS. However, the combined treatment results in an increased complication rate related to the addition of the risks of each treatment modality.
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