Chang Kyu Park1, Seok Keun Choi2, Sung Ho Lee1, Man Kyu Choi1, Young Jin Lim1. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-702, South Korea. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-702, South Korea. nscsk@hanmail.ne.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is an established treatment modality for brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM), but there have been few published studies examining the relationship between clinical features of AVM and successful obliteration with GKRS in pediatric patients. In the current study, we investigate the outcomes of GKRS for pediatric patients with brain AVM and analyze the variables that influence obliteration. METHODS: We analyzed 68 pediatric patients (≤ 18 years) with a mean follow-up period of 61.9 months (range 6-215 months). The following parameters were analyzed to determine their influence on obliteration of AVM treated by GKRS: age, sex, target volume, irradiation dose, prior treatment, location of AVM, nidus structure, velocity of AVM, location of venous drainage, number of feeding arteries, and initial presenting symptoms. Also, we estimated clinical factors which should be considered during the follow-up period. RESULTS: Of the 68 patients, complete obliteration was confirmed in 26 (38.2%) by cerebral angiography. The response rate of AVM for GKRS was 92.6%. No significant association was observed between any of the parameters investigated and the obliteration of AVM, with the exception of number of feeding arteries, which exhibited a statistically significant difference by univariate analysis (p = 0.003). However, on multivariate analysis, nidus structure (p = 0.007), velocity of the main arterial phase (p = 0.013), velocity of the feeding artery phase (p = 0.004), and the number of feeding arteries (p = 0.018) showed statistical significance. CONCLUSION: GKRS yielded good long-term clinical outcomes in most pediatric patients. Multiple arterial feeding vessels, diffuse nidus structure, and fast flow of AVM were specific factors associated with a low rate of obliteration in pediatric AVMs.
PURPOSE: Gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is an established treatment modality for brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM), but there have been few published studies examining the relationship between clinical features of AVM and successful obliteration with GKRS in pediatric patients. In the current study, we investigate the outcomes of GKRS for pediatric patients with brain AVM and analyze the variables that influence obliteration. METHODS: We analyzed 68 pediatric patients (≤ 18 years) with a mean follow-up period of 61.9 months (range 6-215 months). The following parameters were analyzed to determine their influence on obliteration of AVM treated by GKRS: age, sex, target volume, irradiation dose, prior treatment, location of AVM, nidus structure, velocity of AVM, location of venous drainage, number of feeding arteries, and initial presenting symptoms. Also, we estimated clinical factors which should be considered during the follow-up period. RESULTS: Of the 68 patients, complete obliteration was confirmed in 26 (38.2%) by cerebral angiography. The response rate of AVM for GKRS was 92.6%. No significant association was observed between any of the parameters investigated and the obliteration of AVM, with the exception of number of feeding arteries, which exhibited a statistically significant difference by univariate analysis (p = 0.003). However, on multivariate analysis, nidus structure (p = 0.007), velocity of the main arterial phase (p = 0.013), velocity of the feeding artery phase (p = 0.004), and the number of feeding arteries (p = 0.018) showed statistical significance. CONCLUSION: GKRS yielded good long-term clinical outcomes in most pediatric patients. Multiple arterial feeding vessels, diffuse nidus structure, and fast flow of AVM were specific factors associated with a low rate of obliteration in pediatric AVMs.
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