Search for dissertations about: "cerebral AVM"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words cerebral AVM.
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1. Gamma knife surgery of cerebral arteriovenous malformations
Abstract : Aims of the study: to define and quantify parameters of importance for the treatment result in Gamma Knife (GK) surgery of arteriovenous malformations (AVM). To determine the natural course of AVM in order to calculate the impact of the GK treatment on the latency period between treatment and obliteration. READ MORE
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2. Volume determination and predictive models in the management of cerebral arteriovenous malformations
Abstract : Cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) entail a high cumulative risk of severe neurological symptoms and are usually treated with surgery, radiosurgery, embolisation or combinations thereof. There are well supported models to predict the outcome of radiosurgery, but similar models do not exist for surgery or embolisation. READ MORE
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3. Hypofractionated conformal stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of AVMs and cerebral metastases
Abstract : Hypofractionated conformal stereotactic radiotherapy (HCSRT) has been used for the treatment of AVMs at the Umeå University Hospital since 1986. From this year and onwards an increasing number of patients with single or oligo brain metastases have also been treated using this technique. READ MORE