From: Stereotactic radiosurgery alone for brain arteriovenous malformations: a single-institute experience
Variable | Total n (%) | SMG I-II n (%) | SMG III-IV n (%) | P value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
201 | 145 | 56 | ||||
Sex | 0.813† | |||||
Male | 123 (61.2) | 88 (60.7) | 35 (62.5) | |||
Female | 78 (38.8) | 57 (39.3) | 21 (37.5) | |||
Age, years | 0.182‡ | |||||
Range | 1–75 | 1–75 | 7–71 | |||
Mean ± SD | 31.4 ± 1.1 | 32.4 ± 1.4 | 29.0 ± 2.0 | |||
Hemorrhage | 0.282† | |||||
Occur | 102 (50.7) | 77 (53.1) | 25 (44.6) | |||
Preoperative mRS | 0.125† | |||||
1–2 | 59 (29.4) | 47 (32.4) | 12 (21.4) | |||
3–5 | 142 (70.6) | 98 (67.6) | 44 (78.6) | |||
RBAS | < 0.001†* | |||||
≤1 | 84 (41.8) | 77 (53.1) | 7 (12.5) | |||
1.01–1.50 | 68 (33.8) | 52 (35.9) | 16 (28.6) | |||
1.51-2.00 | 25 (12.4) | 10 (6.9) | 15 (26.8) | |||
>2 | 24 (11.9) | 6 (4.1) | 18 (32.1) | |||
Location | < 0.001†* | |||||
Superficial | 112 (55.7) | 90 (62.1) | 22 (39.3) | |||
Deep | 65 (32.3) | 34 (23.4) | 31 (55.4) | |||
Posterior | 24 (11.9) | 21 (14.5) | 3 (5.4) | |||
Lobe(s) | 0.332† | |||||
Single | 176 (87.6) | 129 (76.8) | 47 (81.8) | |||
Multi | 25 (12.4) | 16 (23.2) | 9 (18.2) | |||
Lesion diameter, cm | < 0.001‡* | |||||
Range | 0.6–7.7 | 0.6–5.5 | 0.8–7.7 | |||
Mean ± SD | 2.4 ± 0.1 | 2.0 ± 0.1 | 3.4 ± 0.2 | |||
Lesion volume, cm3 | 0.001‡* | |||||
Range | 0.07-133.18 | 0.07–29.40 | 0.11-133.18 | |||
Mean ± SD | 6.4 ± 1.1 | 3.0 ± 0.3 | 15.2 ± 3.5 | |||
Venous drainage | 55 (27.4) | 29 (20.0) | 26 (46.4) | < 0.001†* | ||
Aneurysm | 15 (7.5) | 10 (6.9) | 5 (8.9) | NA | ||
Treatment | 0.641† | |||||
Single | 169 (84.1) | 123 (84.8) | 46 (82.1) | |||
Multi | 32 (15.9) | 22 (15.2) | 10 (17.9) | |||
Margin dose, Gy | 0.001‡* | |||||
Range | 8–25 | 12–25 | 8–24 | |||
Mean ± SD | 15.6 ± 0.2 | 16.1 ± 0.2 | 14.3 ± 0.4 | |||
Follow up | ||||||
Obliteration | 74 (36.8) | 61 (42.1) | 13 (23.2) | 0.013†* | ||
Hemorrhage | 24 (11.9) | 14 (9.6) | 10 (17.9) | 0.108† | ||
Death | 5 (2.5) | 5 (3.4) | 0 (0) | NA |