Unruptured versus Ruptured AVMs: Outcome analysis from a multicentric consecutive series of 545 surgically treated cases

Recent literature strongly challenged indications to perform preventive surgery in unruptured AVM. claiming that invasive AVM treatment is associated with a significant risk of complications and thus conservative management may be a preferable alternative in many patients. On the other hand, the recent improvement of surgical instrumentation and treatment strategies (both surgical and interventional) yielded much better outcomes than those achieved only a decade ago. Therefore, even among the specialists, a wide variety of opinions, concerning the treatment of unruptured AVM, can be found.

Source: World Neurosurgery - November 14, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Marco Cenzato, Fulvio Tartara, Giuseppe D'Aliberti, Carlo Bortolotti, Francesco Cardinale, Gianfranco Ligarotti, Alberto Debernardi, Alessia Fratianni, Edoardo Boccardi, Roberto Stefini, Francesco Zenga, Riccardo Boccaletti, Andrea Lanterna, Giacomo Paves Tags: Original article Source Type: research