Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Brain Arteriovenous Malformations: A 15-Year Single-Center Experience in Southern Vietnam

In the present study, we aimed to identify the obliteration outcomes, complications, and predictors in gamma knife radiosurgery (GKRS) treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) at a tertiary center in a developing country in a 15-year experience.We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data and GKRS procedures of patients who had undergone GKRS from 2006 to 2011 (cohort 1) and from 2011 to 2020 (cohort 2) at Cho Ray Hospital, Vietnam. The exclusion criteria included patients with24 months of follow-up without obliteration or AVM-related hemorrhage during the study period.A total of 870 patients were included in the final analysis. The patients in cohort 1 had had significantly smaller AVMs (8.4 ± 11.6 cmGKRS is a safe and effective treatment of brain AVMs. The lack of prior AVM hemorrhage, an eloquent location, and higher AVM were unfavorable predictors for post-GKRS obliteration.