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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(04): 1074-1081
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_234_19
Review Article

Expert consensus on the management of brain arteriovenous malformations

Yoko Kato
0   Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital, Nagoya
,
Van Dong
1   Department of Neurosurgery, VietDuc University Hospital, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
,
Feres Chaddad
2   Department of Neurosurgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo
,
Katsumi Takizawa
3   Department of Neurosurgery, Japanese Red Cross Asahikawa Hospital, Asahikawa
,
Tsuyoshi Izumo
4   Department of Neurosurgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto, Nagasaki
,
Hitoshi Fukuda
5   Department of Neurosurgery, Kochi University Hospital, Nankoku, Kochi
,
Takayuki Hara
6   Department of Neurosurgery, Toranomon Hospital, MinatoKu, Tokyo
,
Kenichiro Kikuta
7   Department of Neurosurgery, University of Fukui, Fukui
,
Yasunobu Nakai
8   Department of Neurosurgery, Tsukuba Medical Center Hospital, Tsukuba, Ibaraki
,
Toshiki Endo
9   Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryo Aoba, Sendai
,
Hiroki Kurita
10   Department of Cerebrovascular Surgery, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Hidaka
,
Bin Xu
11   Department of Neurosurgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai
,
Vladimír Beneš
12   Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Military University Hospital, Prague
,
Raftopoulos Christian
13   Department of Neurosurgery, Cliniques Universitaires SaintLuc Bruxelles, Brussels
,
Giacomo Pavesi
14   Department of Neurosurgery, Sant'Agostino Estense Hospital, Modena
,
Mojgan Hodaie
15   Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
,
Rajan Sharma
16   Department of Neurosurgery, Bir Hospital, National Academy of Medical Sciences, Kathmandu
,
Harshal Agarwal
17   Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
,
Krishna Mohan
18   Department of Neurosurgery, SVIMS, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh
,
Boon Liew
19   Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor
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Brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) are complex, heterogeneous, and uncommon intracranial lesions. They can be treated by one or a combination of the following treatment modalities, namely embolization, radiosurgery, or microsurgical resection. In Spetzler-Martin Grade 4 and 5 arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), conservative management may be the best option. A group of experts in the management of AVMs of different disciplines gathered in January 2019 in Hanoi to compile the “Expert Consensus on the Management of Brain Arteriovenous Malformations”.

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Brain arteriovenous malformation - expert consensus - management

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