Description
Offering expert recommendations and selected color illustrations, this guide furnishes readers with state-of-the-art information on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of AVMs. Offering a multidisciplinary approach, this book spans a wide array of therapeutic options and surgical approaches with step-by-step presentations of each procedure covered in the text. Table of Contents ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. Surgical Anatomy. Pathology and Genetic Factors.Hemodynamic Properties. Use of Modeling for the Study of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION. Natural History. Classification and Grading Systems. Radiographic Diagnosis. Functional Evaluation andDiagnosis. BASIC CONSIDERATIONS. Decision Analysis for Asymptomatic Lesions. Multimodality Therapy: Treatment Algorithms. Surgical Principles. Endovascular Principles. Radiosurgical Principles. Combined Therapy: The Team Approach. THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT.Anesthetic Considerations. Supratentorial Lobar Arteriovenous Malformations. Supratentorial Perisylvian Arteriovenous Malformations. Supratentorial Periventricular Arteriovenous Malformations. Supratentorial Corpus Callosum Arteriovenous Malformations.Infratentorial Arteriovenous Malformations of the Cerebellar Vermis and Hemispheres. Infratentorial Cerebellopontine Angle Arteriovenous Malformations. Infratentorial Brain Stem Arteriovenous Malformations. Intraoperative and Postoperative Angiography.Associated Aneurysms. Arteriovenous Malformations in Pregnancy. Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Arteriovenous Malformations. Management of Residual Arteriovenous Malformations. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. Critical Care Management. Surgical Complications.Endovascular Therapy: Indications, Complications, and Outcome. Radiosurgical Complications.FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS. Endovascular Techniques. Radiosurgery. Molecular Biology.Surgical Approaches
