Spinal cord cavernous malformation outcome
Surgical resection of intramedullary CMs eliminates the risk of subsequent hemorrhage and may achieve satisfactory outcome when patients are carefully selected. Although conservative management is recommended in patients at high surgical risk, they should be closely monitored because of persistent hemorrhagic risk 1).
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Zhang L, Yang W, Jia W, Kong D, Yang J, Wang G, Xu Y. Comparison of Outcome
Between Surgical and Conservative Management of Symptomatic Spinal Cord Cavernous
Malformations. Neurosurgery. 2016 Apr;78(4):552-61. doi:
10.1227/NEU.0000000000001075. PubMed PMID: 26516823.