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Spinal arteriovenous malformations: surgical management. 2017

David S Xu, and Hai Sun, and Robert F Spetzler

Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Spinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are a diverse population of vascular lesions associated with significant long-term morbidity and neurologic impairment. Spinal AVMs can be classified into three categories: intramedullary, extradural-intradural, and conus, depending on their angioarchitecture and anatomy. Extradural-intradural lesions are typically incurable due to their diffuse nature, but patients may benefit from targeted therapy of symptomatic components. Intramedullary and conus AVMs are amenable to safe surgical resection when combined with endovascular embolization and use of a pial dissection technique that spares entry into the neural parenchyma.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008488	Medical Illustration	The field which deals with illustrative clarification of biomedical concepts, as in the use of diagrams and drawings. The illustration may be produced by hand, photography, computer, or other electronic or mechanical methods.	Illustration, Medical,Illustrations, Medical,Medical Illustrations
D003131	Combined Modality Therapy	The treatment of a disease or condition by several different means simultaneously or sequentially. Chemoimmunotherapy, RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY, chemoradiotherapy, cryochemotherapy, and SALVAGE THERAPY are seen most frequently, but their combinations with each other and surgery are also used.	Multimodal Treatment,Therapy, Combined Modality,Combined Modality Therapies,Modality Therapies, Combined,Modality Therapy, Combined,Multimodal Treatments,Therapies, Combined Modality,Treatment, Multimodal,Treatments, Multimodal
D004621	Embolization, Therapeutic	A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has been used in the treatment of spinal cord and INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS, renal arteriovenous fistulas, gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, hypersplenism, certain highly vascular tumors, traumatic rupture of blood vessels, and control of operative hemorrhage.	Embolotherapy,Therapeutic Embolization,Embolizations, Therapeutic,Embolotherapies,Therapeutic Embolizations
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001165	Arteriovenous Malformations	Abnormal formation of blood vessels that shunt arterial blood directly into veins without passing through the CAPILLARIES. They usually are crooked, dilated, and with thick vessel walls. A common type is the congenital arteriovenous fistula. The lack of blood flow and oxygen in the capillaries can lead to tissue damage in the affected areas.	Arteriovenous Malformation,Malformation, Arteriovenous,Malformations, Arteriovenous
D013116	Spinal Cord	A cylindrical column of tissue that lies within the vertebral canal. It is composed of WHITE MATTER and GRAY MATTER.	Coccygeal Cord,Conus Medullaris,Conus Terminalis,Lumbar Cord,Medulla Spinalis,Myelon,Sacral Cord,Thoracic Cord,Coccygeal Cords,Conus Medullari,Conus Terminali,Cord, Coccygeal,Cord, Lumbar,Cord, Sacral,Cord, Spinal,Cord, Thoracic,Cords, Coccygeal,Cords, Lumbar,Cords, Sacral,Cords, Spinal,Cords, Thoracic,Lumbar Cords,Medulla Spinali,Medullari, Conus,Medullaris, Conus,Myelons,Sacral Cords,Spinal Cords,Spinali, Medulla,Spinalis, Medulla,Terminali, Conus,Terminalis, Conus,Thoracic Cords
D020785	Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations	Congenital, inherited, or acquired abnormalities involving ARTERIES; VEINS; or venous sinuses in the BRAIN; SPINAL CORD; and MENINGES.	CNS Vascular Malformations,Congenital Vascular Malformations, Central Nervous System,Vascular Malformations, Brain,Vascular Malformations, Central Nervous System,Capillary Telangiectasia, Brain,Central Nervous System Congenital Vascular Malformations,Central Nervous System Vascular Anomalies,Cerebral Embryonic Artery, Persistent,Dural Arteriovenous Fistula,Embryonic Artery, Persistent, Cerebral,Persistent Cerebral Embryonic Artery,Pontine Capillary Telangiectasias,Vascular Anomalies, Central Nervous System,Vascular Malformations, Congenital, Nervous System,Arteriovenous Fistula, Dural,Arteriovenous Fistulas, Dural,Brain Capillary Telangiectasia,Brain Capillary Telangiectasias,Brain Vascular Malformation,Brain Vascular Malformations,CNS Vascular Malformation,Capillary Telangiectasia, Pontine,Capillary Telangiectasias, Brain,Capillary Telangiectasias, Pontine,Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas,Malformation, Brain Vascular,Malformation, CNS Vascular,Malformations, Brain Vascular,Malformations, CNS Vascular,Pontine Capillary Telangiectasia,Telangiectasia, Brain Capillary,Telangiectasia, Pontine Capillary,Telangiectasias, Brain Capillary,Telangiectasias, Pontine Capillary,Vascular Malformation, Brain,Vascular Malformation, CNS,Vascular Malformations, CNS