Comprehensive Management of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Brain and Spine

Robert F. Spetzler, MD is the J. N. Harber Chairman of Neurological Surgery and Director of the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Douglas S. Kondziolka, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS is Professor of Neurosurgery; Vice-Chair, Clinical Research (Neurosurgery); Professor of Radiation Oncology; and Director, Center for Advanced Radiosurgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Randall T. Higashida, MD is Clinical Professor of Radiology, Neurological Surgery, Neurology, and Anesthesiology, and Chief of the Division of Interventional Neurovascular Radiology at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA. M. Yashar S. Kalani, MD, PhD is Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery at the Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Preface; Part I. Development, Anatomy, and Physiology of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Central Nervous System: 1. Development of the central nervous system vasculature and the pathogenesis of brain arteriovenous malformations; 2. Cranial vascular anatomy and implications for arteriovenous malformation and dural arteriovenous fistula treatment; 3. Spinal vascular anatomy and implications for treatment of arteriovenous malformations; 4. Physiology and hemodynamics of arteriovenous malformations; 5. Natural history of arteriovenous malformations and indications for treatment; Part II. Evaluation and Treatment Considerations for Arteriovenous Malformations: 6. Imaging evaluation of arteriovenous malformations; 7. Intraoperative evaluation of blood flow with indocyanine green videoangiography; 8. Neuromonitoring for arteriovenous malformation surgery; 9. Neuroanesthesia for treatment of arteriovenous malformations; 10. Classification of brain and spinal arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulas; Part III. Surgical Approaches to the Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations: 11. Surgical approaches and nuances for supratentorial arteriovenous malformations; 12. Surgical approaches and nuances for arteriovenous malformations in the posterior fossa; 13. Surgical management of cerebral dural arteriovenous fistulas; 14. Surgery of spinal arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulas; 15. Surgery of basal ganglia, thalamic, and brainstem arteriovenous malformations; Part IV. Medical, Endovascular, and Radiosurgical Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations: 16. Complications of arteriovenous malformation rupture and medical management of hemorrhage; 17. Endovascular treatment of supratentorial arteriovenous malformations; 18. Endovascular treatment of arteriovenous malformations of the posterior fossa; 19. Endovascular treatment of arteriovenous fistulas of the brain; 20. Endovascular management of vein of Galen malformations; 21. Endovascular treatment of spinal arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulas; 22. Radiosurgical basics for the treatment of arteriovenous malformations: indications and techniques; 23. Radiosurgery for brain arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulas; 24. Radiosurgery for spinal arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistulas; 25. Multidisciplinary treatment of arteriovenous malformations; 26. Palliative treatment of inoperable arteriovenous malformations; 27. Pediatric arteriovenous malformations: special considerations; 28. Management of residual or recurrent arteriovenous malformations; Index.