Dilemma [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Dilemma ======

A dilemma is a [[problem]] offering two unrelated possibilities, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable. Time and or the perception of the time strongly influences decision-making. The dilemma is sometimes used as a rhetorical device, in the form "you must accept either A or B"; here A and B would be propositions each leading to some further conclusion. Applied incorrectly, it constitutes a false dichotomy, a fallacy.
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Nikova A, Ganchev D, Birbilis T. Pediatric Dilemma: [[Endovascular]] versus
Surgical Intervention for [[Spinal Vascular Malformation]]s. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2018 
Jul 23:1-8. doi: 10.1159/000490420. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID:
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[[Ethical dilemma]].

===== Examples =====
The dilemma between natural [[rupture]] risk and [[adverse outcome]]s of [[intervention]] is of major concern for patients with [[unruptured arteriovenous malformation]]s (AVMs). The existing risk score for [[arteriovenous malformation]] [[rupture]] includes factors that are controversial and lacks prospective validation.