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Comprehensive reviews by McCormick [4], Crawford et al. [1], and Ondra et al. [5] based on a histopathological classification in arteriovenous, venovenous, or cavernous angioma report a higher morbidity and mortality in patients with intracranial vascular malformations. Due to possible complications of neurosurgical intervention the advantages of an irradiation or interventional embolization have been analyzed critically [2]. Nevertheless, angiomas involving midline structures must be excluded from these alternative therapeutic procedures because of their blood supply, the small vessel diameter, and the deleterious consequences of an unselective embolization or radiotherapy. This retrospective analysis describes our preferred surgical approach and strategies and reports our postoperative results.
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Verheggen, R., Markakis, E. (1994). Intraventricular and Intrapontine Vascular Malformations: Symptoms, Surgical Approach, and Postoperative Results. In: Bauer, B.L., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) Cerebellar Infarct. Midline Tumors. Minimally Invasive Endoscopic Neurosurgery (MIEN). Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78801-7_13
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