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Between May 18, 1988, and May 21, 1996, 644 patients were treated with radiosurgery at the University of Florida. The types of lesions treated are shown in Table 10.1. Of these patients, 264 had AVMs. There were 131 men and 133 women in this group. The mean age was 39 years (range, 7 to 70 years). Presenting symptoms included hemorrhage (93 patients), seizure (102 patients), headache or incidental symptoms (61 patients), and progressive neurologic deficit (8 patients). The location of the lesions is given in Table 10.2. Spetzler-Martin classification is shown in Table 10.3. Twenty-five patients had undergone prior surgical attempts at AVM excision, and 21 patients had undergone at least one embolization procedure. Most patients referred for radiosurgery were first screened by an expert cerebrovascular surgeon, and radiosurgery was undertaken only if the patient was a poor candidate for conventional microsurgery.
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- Arteriovenous Malformation
- Karnofsky Performance Status
- Lesion Volume
- Size Category
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
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Friedman, W.A., Bova, F.J., Buatti, J.M., Mendenhall, W.M. (1998). University of Florida Results. In: Linac Radiosurgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2176-0_10
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