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ArticleCureus2025

The Surgical Management of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations: A Retrospective Analysis of Outcomes and Complications.

Saddam Hussain, Abdul Moez, Aiza Ali Akbar, Syeda W Batool, Amna Akbar, Amir Iqbal Ali, Muhammad Rizwan Umer, Amna Sahar

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Saddam HussainNeurosurgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalakot, PAK.
Abdul MoezNeurosurgery, Ghurki Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Aiza Ali AkbarDepartment of Cardiology, DHQ Teaching Hospital, Mirpur, PAK.
Syeda W BatoolDepartment of General Surgery, DHQ Teaching Hospital, Mirpur, PAK.
Amna AkbarDepartment of General Surgery, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, GBR.
Amir Iqbal AliGeneral Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Muzaffarabad, PAK.
Muhammad Rizwan UmerTrauma Surgery, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, GBR.
Amna SaharMedicine, Fatima Jinnah Medical University, Lahore, PAK.

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the surgical management of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) by analyzing clinical outcomes and complications in 600 patients (100%) who underwent surgery. The mean age of the cohort was 36.7 years (SD = 12.3), with a majority being female (n = 315, 52.5%). Patients were classified by AVM size: small (35.5%, n = 213), medium (31.5%, n = 189), and large (33%, n = 198). Surgical approaches included microsurgery (31.3%, n = 188), endovascular embolization (33.5%, n = 201), and radiosurgery (35.2%, n = 211). Surgical outcomes revealed that 33.8% (n = 203) achieved complete resection, 32.7% (n = 196) had partial resection, and 33.5% (n = 201) underwent no resection. Post-surgical complications were experienced by 51.5% (n = 309) of patients, with the most common being postoperative hemorrhage (15.2%, n = 91), infection (14.8%, n = 89), and seizures (9.8%, n = 59). Logistic regression identified AVM size (OR = 2.3,

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cerebral arteriovenous malformationsendovascular embolizationhypertensionkaplan-meier survival analysismicrosurgerypost-surgical complicationspredictors of complicationsradiosurgeryrecoverysurgical management

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