Brain AVM surgery without endovascular embolization in a low to middle income country

Ari D Kappel; Jason A Chen; Erickson F Torio; Zsombor T Gal; David I Bass; Abdullah Feroze; Silvia D Vaca; Jose Kuzli; Nirav J Patel

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2023.11.009

Brain AVM surgery without endovascular embolization in a low to middle income country

J Clin Neurosci. 2024 Jan:119:68-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.11.009. Epub 2023 Nov 20.

Authors

Ari D Kappel¹, Jason A Chen¹, Erickson F Torio¹, Zsombor T Gal², David I Bass¹, Abdullah Feroze¹, Silvia D Vaca³, Jose Kuzli⁴, Nirav J Patel⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Nacional de Itauguá, Asunción, Paraguay.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 60 Fenwood Road, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37988974
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.11.009

Abstract

We treated a 20-year-old woman in Paraguay with a ruptured intraventricular Spetzler-Martin Grade 3 AVM, and illustrate microsurgical resection without embolization in this video.

Keywords: Arteriovenous malformation; Global health; Microsurgery; Technical nuances.

Publication types

Case Reports
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Brain / surgery
Developing Countries
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Female
Humans
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations* / diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations* / surgery
Microsurgery
Retrospective Studies
Stereotaxic Techniques
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult