Long-term outcome of a tailored embolization strategy with Gamma Knife radiosurgery for high-grade brain arteriovenous malformations: a single-center experience
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Long-term outcome of a tailored embolization strategy with Gamma Knife radiosurgery for high-grade brain arteriovenous malformations: a single-center experience
Abstract
Objective: The safety and efficacy of embolization with Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for high-grade brain arteriovenous malformations (bAVMs) are uncertain. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the long-term outcome of a tailored embolization strategy with GKRS and identify the independent factors associated with bAVM obliteration.
Methods: Between January 2014 and January 2017, a consecutive cohort of 159 patients with high-grade bAVMs who underwent embolization with GKRS was enrolled in this prospective single-center cohort study. All patients received a tailored embolization strategy with GKRS. The primary outcome was defined as bAVM obliteration. Secondary outcomes were neurological function and complications.
Results: After a mean follow-up of 40.4 months, 5 patients were lost to follow-up. One hundred eighteen of the remaining 154 patients had favorable neurological outcomes with complete bAVM obliteration. A decrease in bAVM nidus size was observed in 36 patients. Five patients developed intracranial hemorrhage during the latency period, and 2 patients died. The Kaplan-Meier analysis showed that the obliteration rate increased each year and reached the peak point at approximately 3 years. The multivariate Cox regression analysis of factors affecting bAVM obliteration revealed that postembolization bAVM volume < 10 cm3 (p = 0.02), supratentorial location (p < 0.01), staged embolization prior to GKRS (p < 0.01), and mean Spetzler-Martin (SM) grade (p < 0.01) were independent factors associated with a high obliteration rate.
Conclusions: These data suggested that high-grade bAVMs treated using a tailored embolization strategy with GKRS were associated with a favorable clinical outcome and obliteration rate. Postembolization bAVM volume < 10 cm3, supratentorial location, staged embolization prior to GKRS, and low mean SM grade were associated with a high obliteration rate.
Keywords: Gamma Knife; arteriovenous malformation; embolization; obliteration; stereotactic radiosurgery; vascular disorders.
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