Huang Changren,Geng Mingying,Jiang Yong,Chen Ligang,Li Yuwei,Tang Guangcai,Han Fugang,Shen Guangjian.Endovascular embolization combined with Gamma Knife in the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(06):561-563.
Huang Changren,Geng Mingying,Jiang Yong,Chen Ligang,Li Yuwei,Tang Guangcai,Han Fugang,Shen Guangjian.Endovascular embolization combined with Gamma Knife in the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2012,34(06):561-563.DOI:
Endovascular embolization combined with Gamma Knife in the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations
Objective To evaluate the therapeutic effect of endovascular embolization combined with Gamma Knife in the treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Methods Clinical data of 86 patients suffering from cerebral AVMs confirmed by digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in the neurosurgery department
Affiliated Hospital of Luzhou Medical College from September 2001 to December 2010 were analyzed retrospectively. All the patients were treated with endovascular embolization
after which 72 patients were treated with Gamma Knife. The postoperative therapeutic effects were evaluated by DSA
computed tomography angiography (CTA) and MRI. Results The follow-up was achieved in 68 patients (79.1%) for 1-6 years (average 2.5 years)
with apparent symptom relief in 52 patients
mild disability in 5 patients
severe disability in 1 patient
seizure episodes in 8 patients
recurrent hemorrhage in 2 patients
and no death. The follow-up of DSA
CTA and MRI in 65 patients (75.6%) showed complete AVM disappearance in 37 patients (56.9%)
most AVM disappearance in 20 patients (30.8%) and part AVM disappearance in 8 patients (12.3%). Conclusion Endovascular embolization combined with Gamma Knife
which is minimally invasive and repeatable
is a safe and effective therapy in treatment of cerebral AVMs
and Gamma Knife can also be applied as an early therapy before the operation.