Raj Singh, Chloe Dumot, Georgios Mantziaris, Sam Dayawansa, Zhiyuan Xu, Stylianos Pikis, Selcuk Peker, Yavuz Samanci, Gokce D Ardor, Ahmed M Nabeel, Wael A Reda, Sameh R Tawadros, Khaled Abdel Karim, Amr M N El-Shehaby, Reem M Emad Eldin, Darrah Sheehan, Kimball Sheehan, Ahmed H Elazzazi, Nuria Martínez Moreno, Roberto Martínez Álvarez, Roman Liscak, Jaromir May, David Mathieu, Jean-Nicolas Tourigny, Manjul Tripathi, Akshay Rajput, Narendra Kumar, Rupinder Kaur, Piero Picozzi, Andrea Franzini, Herwin Speckter, Wenceslao Hernandez, Anderson Brito, Ronald E Warnick, Juan Diego Alzate, Douglas Kondziolka, Greg N Bowden, Samir Patel, Jason P Sheehan
OBJECTIVE: There are few reports of outcomes following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for the management of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) of the basal ganglia or thalamus. Therefore, the authors aimed to clarify these outcomes. METHODS: Centers participating in the International Radiosurgery Research Foundation were queried for CCM cases managed with SRS from October 2001 to February 2021. The primary outcome of interest was hemorrhage-free survival (HFS) with a secondary outcome of symptomatic adverse radiation events (AREs)...
December 8, 2023: Journal of Neurosurgery