Interhemispheric transfalcine approach to a medial frontal arteriovenous malformation: operative video with positioning illustrations.

ABSTRACT: Brain arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are a complex and challenging subset of neurosurgical disease, the optimal treatment of which is nuanced and dependent on numerous patient- and disease-specific factors. Clinical features that may predispose toward resection as front-line treatment include lower grade lesions, particularly those in non-eloquent locations, as well as active pregnancy. In all AVM resections, minimization of risk to exposed healthy brain adjacent to the lesion is a key surgical principle. In this illustrative case report, we discuss the management of a young woman who presented with a new diagnosis of AVM following an intracranial hemorrhage, at which time she was also identified as newly pregnant. Resection via the contralateral transfalcine approach with preoperative

SUBMITTER: Graffeo CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6702427 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature