TY - JOUR
T1 - Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas
AU - Yen, Chun Po
AU - Lanzino, Giuseppe
AU - Sheehan, Jason P.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Depending on their location and angioarchitecture, intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVF) pose various neurologic symptoms as well as a risk of intracranial hemorrhage. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), microsurgery, and embolization play a role in the management of dAVF patients, and, at times, patients undergo a combination of approaches. Comparable to arteriovenous malformations, SRS offers a reasonable rate of angiographic obliteration and symptomatic improvement in selected patients with dAVF. Complications after SRS of dAVF are uncommon and generally manageable. Patients remain at risk for intracranial hemorrhage until the dAVF is completely obliterated.
AB - Depending on their location and angioarchitecture, intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVF) pose various neurologic symptoms as well as a risk of intracranial hemorrhage. Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), microsurgery, and embolization play a role in the management of dAVF patients, and, at times, patients undergo a combination of approaches. Comparable to arteriovenous malformations, SRS offers a reasonable rate of angiographic obliteration and symptomatic improvement in selected patients with dAVF. Complications after SRS of dAVF are uncommon and generally manageable. Patients remain at risk for intracranial hemorrhage until the dAVF is completely obliterated.
KW - Arteriovenous fistula
KW - Dura
KW - Stereotactic radiosurgery
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nec.2013.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.nec.2013.05.008
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24093576
AN - SCOPUS:84884982524
SN - 1042-3680
VL - 24
SP - 591
EP - 596
JO - Neurosurgery clinics of North America
JF - Neurosurgery clinics of North America
IS - 4
ER -