Results of Surgery for Low-Grade Brain Arteriovenous Malformation Resection by Early Career Neurosurgeons: An Observational Study.

Patel, Nirav J; Bervini, David; Eftekhar, Behzad; Davidson, Andrew Stewart; Walsh, Daniel C; Assaad, Nazih N; Morgan, Michael Kerin (2019). Results of Surgery for Low-Grade Brain Arteriovenous Malformation Resection by Early Career Neurosurgeons: An Observational Study. Neurosurgery, 84(3), pp. 655-661. Oxford University Press 10.1093/neuros/nyy088

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BACKGROUND

For sustainability of arteriovenous malformation (AVM) surgery, results from early career cerebrovascular neurosurgeons (ECCNs) must be acceptably safe.

OBJECTIVE

To determine whether ECCNs performance of Spetzler-Ponce Class A AVM (SPC A) resection can be acceptably safe.

METHODS

ECCNs completing a cerebrovascular fellowship (2004-2015) with the last author were included. Inclusion of the ECCN cases occurred if they: had a prospective database of all AVM cases since commencing independent practice; were the primary surgeon on SPC A; and had made the significant management decisions. All SPC A surgical cases from the beginning of the ECCN's independent surgical practice to a maximum of 8 yr were included. An adverse outcome was considered a complication of surgery leading to a new permanent neurological deficit with a last modified Rankin Scale score >1. A cumulative summation (Cusum) plot examined the performance of each surgery. The highest acceptable level of adverse outcomes for the Cusum was 3.3%, derived from the upper 95% confidence interval of the last author's reported series.

RESULTS

Six ECCNs contributed 110 cases for analysis. The median number of SPC A cases operated by each ECCN was 16.5 (range 4-40). Preoperative embolization was performed in 5 (4.5%). The incidence of adverse outcomes was 1.8% (95% confidence interval: <0.01%-6.8%). At no point during the accumulated series did the combined cohort become unacceptable by the Cusum plot.

CONCLUSION

ECCNs with appropriate training appointed to large-volume cerebrovascular centers can achieve results for surgery for SPC A that are not appreciably worse than those published from high-volume neurosurgeons.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurosurgery

UniBE Contributor:

Bervini, David

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1524-4040

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Language:

English

Submitter:

Nicole Söll

Date Deposited:

09 Jan 2019 11:18

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:23

Publisher DOI:

10.1093/neuros/nyy088

PubMed ID:

29608734

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.123053

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/123053

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