Efficacy and safety of preoperative embolization in surgical treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations: a multicentre study with propensity score matching
In this large multicentre study, preoperative embolization did not significantly improve AVM obliteration rates, functional outcomes or reduce complications compared with microsurgery alone.
Authors
- Mohammad Ali Aziz‐Sultan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0980-7511)
- Johannes Pöppe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8368-1782)
- Christopher S. Ogilvy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4600-8545)
- Visish Mani Srinivasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7673-6805)
- Assala Aslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-0808)
- Malia McAvoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9998-4737)
- Matthew J. Koch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6033-6268)
- Hugo H Cuellar
- Douglas Kondziolka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-7344)
- Neil Haranhalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2721-8600)
- Jan‐Karl Burkhardt
- Christoph J. Griessenauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2952-3812)
- Hamza Adel Salim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5208-8425)
- Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1054-9414)
- Nimer Adeeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8668-7629)
- Natasha Ironside (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-1574)
- David Altschul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5130-1378)
- Christopher J. Stapleton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4805-0093)
- Abdullah Keleş (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3604-9247)
- Ali M. Alaraj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1491-4634)
- Jacques J. Morcos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9911-642X)
- Michael R. Levitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3612-3347)
- Deepak Kumbhare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2514-9576)
- Muhammed Amir Essibayi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-2382)
- Pascal J. Mosimann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5111-1972)
- Adib A. Abla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-2295)
- Jason P. Sheehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4763-7346)
- Adam Andrew Dmytriw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-5699)
- Ahmed Abdelsalam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6651-9030)
- Max Wintermark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6726-3951)
- Darren B. Orbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1793-3398)
- Bharat Guthikonda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6668-6656)
- Omar Choudhri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8311-2336)
- Salem M Tos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7154-6869)
- Howard A. Riina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9303-8176)
- Edward R. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-8450)
- Ufuk Erginoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5387-4698)
- Pascal M. Jabbour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8965-2413)
- Arwin Rezai
- Peng Roc Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8438-132X)
- Mustafa K. Başkaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2782-4793)
- Spiros Blackburn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2902-5079)
- Markus Moehlenbruch
- Sandeep Muram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0336-9511)
- Vivek Srikar Yedavalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2450-4014)
- Basel Musmar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4910-6090)
- Michael T. Lawton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8020-6388)
- Aman B. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9022-411X)
- Laligam N. Sekhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9105-2874)
- Amey Savardekar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9305-7457)
- Cagdas Ataoglu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6566-6034)
- Daniel Sconzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8933-9083)
- Omar Alwakaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6441-5420)
- Sandeep Kandregula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-3143)
- Rajeev Sen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7957-5613)
- Abdallah Abushehab
- Christian Swaid
- Kareem El Naamani
- Bryan Pukenas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7452-6804)
- Dawoud Hamdan
- Robert M. Starke
- Elias Atallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4206-5884)
- Joseph Cochran
- Sanjeev Gummadi
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Washington (US)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Paracelsus Medical University (AT)
- Toronto Western Hospital (CA)
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (US)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Christian Doppler Klinik (AT)
- Mayo Clinic Hospital (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- University of Houston (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2024-334974
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.95