Clinical Study
Stereotactic Radiosurgery with Neoadjuvant Embolization of Larger Arteriovenous Malformations: An Institutional Experience
| | Total (%) | No. w/residual AVM (%) | No. w/100% obliteration (%) | value |
| Sex, (%) | | | | | | 0.396 | M | 41 | 21 | 51.20% | 20 | 48.80% | | F | 54 | 36 | 66.70% | 18 | 33.30% | |
| Age, (%) | | | | | | 0.795 | 0–21 | 18 | 10 | 55.60% | 8 | 44.40% | | 22–40 yrs | 32 | 21 | 65.60% | 11 | 34.40% | | 40–50 yrs | 22 | 14 | 63.60% | 8 | 36.40% | | 50+ | 23 | 12 | 52.20% | 11 | 47.80% | |
| Location | | | | | | 0.252 | Frontal | 19 | 14 | 73.70% | 5 | 26.30% | | Temporal | 24 | 13 | 54.20% | 11 | 45.80% | | Parietal | 26 | 12 | 46.20% | 14 | 53.80% | | Occipital | 9 | 7 | 87.80% | 2 | 22.20% | | Cerebellum | 8 | 4 | 50% | 4 | 50% | | Thalamus, brainstem | 9 | 7 | 87.80% | 2 | 22.20% | |
| Size, (%) | | | | | | 0.022 | Medium (3–6 cm) | 80 | 44 | 55% | 36 | 45% | | Large (>6 cm) | 15 | 13 | 86.70% | 2 | 13.30% | |
| Venous drainage, (%) | | | | | | <0.001 | Superficial | 44 | 18 | 40.90% | 26 | 59.10% | | Deep | 51 | 39 | 76.50% | 12 | 23.50% | |
| Smoker? (%) | | | | | | 0.664 | Y | 35 | 20 | 57.10% | 15 | 42.90% | | N | 60 | 37 | 61.70% | 23 | 38.30% | |
| Hypertension? (%) | | | | | | 0.669 | Y | 18 | 11 | 61.10% | 7 | 38.90% | | N | 77 | 46 | 59.70% | 31 | 40.30% | |
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