Surgical management of cerebral arteriovenous malformations with intraoperative digital subtraction angiography

Complete excision of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is requisite to improving the outcome of patients with AVMs. Five patients with a small or medium cerebral AVM underwent surgery with an intraoperative digital subtraction angiography (DSA) unit. There were no residual AVMs and no complications in the examination of intraoperative DSA. The findings of postoperative angiography were consistent with those of intraoperative DSA, Intraoperative DSA provided the benefits of not only identification of a feeding artery, but also recognition of the complete excision during surgery. (C) 2000 Harcourt Publishers Ltd.