Stereotactic radiosurgery with versus without prior Onyx embolization for brain arteriovenous malformations.
CONCLUSIONS: Pre-SRS AVM embolization with Onyx does not appear to negatively influence outcomes after SRS. These analyses, based on de novo nidal characteristics, thereby refute previous studies that found detrimental effects of Onyx embolization on SRS-induced AVM obliteration. However, given the risks incurred by nidal embolization using Onyx, this neoadjuvant intervention should be used judiciously in multimodal treatment strategies involving SRS for appropriately selected large-volume or angioarchitecturally high-risk AVMs.
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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Chen CJ, Ding D, Lee CC, Kearns KN, Pomeraniec IJ, Cifarelli CP, Arsanious DE, Liscak R, Hanuska J, Williams BJ, Yusuf MB, Woo SY, Ironside N, Burke RM, Warnick RE, Trifiletti DM, Mathieu D, Mureb M, Benjamin C, Kondziolka D, Feliciano CE, Rodriguez-Merca Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research
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