Giulio Quarta Colosso, Mathilde Aubertin, Emily Rius, Xavier Guerra, Julien Burel, Bertrand Mathon, Aurélien Nouet, Kevin Premat, Mehdi Drir, Julien Allard, Stéphanie Lenck, Nader-Antoine Sourour, Frédéric Clarençon, Eimad Shotar
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Endovascular embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is sometimes intentionally partial, in the case of staged treatment for instance. Residual AVMs may be prone to angioarchitectural modification during follow-up. The objective of this work is to evaluate the nature and extent of these modifications. METHODS: We performed a retrospective monocentric study on a cohort of adult patients treated by incomplete endovascular embolization for ruptured and unruptured AVMs with an available angiographic follow-up, without any intervening confounding event between the 2 angiographic examinations...
April 29, 2024: Neurosurgery