What is it about?

Surgery preceded by preoperative embolization has been reported as a useful treatment option for brain AVMs. This letter basically is a comment to the following article: Donzelli GF, Nelson J, McCoy D, McCulloch CE, Hetts SW, Amans MR: The effect of preoperative embolization and flow dynamics on resection of brain arteriovenous malformations. J Neurosurg [epub ahead of print May 17 2019. DOI: 10.3171/2019.2.JNS182743]

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We provide a comment about the technical aspects related to preoperative Onyx emboliztion of brain AVMs.

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Writing this article, as first Author, was a great pleasure for me. I had a unique opportunity to provide a comment about the main technical differences at the base of preoperative embolization of brain AVMs.

Dr. Sabino Luzzi
University of Pavia, Italy

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This page is a summary of: Letter to the Editor. Preoperative embolization of brain arteriovenous malformations, Journal of Neurosurgery, June 2020, Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG),
DOI: 10.3171/2019.6.jns191541.
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