Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations in Israel

Professor Shlomi Konstantini

Head of the Pediatric Neurosurgery Department

Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are a congenital anomaly of the vascular system of the brain. Arteriovenous malformations are connections of various shapes and sizes formed due to the chaotic intertwining of the veins of the brain with the internal carotid artery system. In the neurosurgery department of Top Ichilov, preference is given to minimally traumatic and minimally invasive methods for treating arteriovenous malformations.

The doctors at Ichilov Top have accumulated immense experience in treating arteriovenous malformations. Today, our medical center employs advanced methods of endovascular therapy for treating these vascular pathologies. This type of therapy is characterized by its speed and lack of complications.

99%

effectiveness of endovascular therapy

1 day

hospitalization time

1036

patients have already received effective treatment

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Methods of Treating Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM) at Top Ichilov

Non-invasive Endovascular Interventions

Neurosurgeons perform a puncture of the femoral artery, through which a soft catheter is introduced into the vessels supplying blood to the brain. A microcatheter is then advanced into the vessels of the arteriovenous malformation node. Under radiological control, an embolizing material is injected.

Advantages of Endovascular Therapy

• Short duration of the operation;
• Discharge from the department the next day after the operation;
• High success rate;
• No postoperative complications;
• No need for open surgery; incision – only 1.5 cm;
• Return to active activities the next day, without a rehabilitation period.

Conservative Treatment of Arteriovenous Malformations

Stereotactic radiosurgery: stereotactic radiation surgery (Gamma Knife) or angiography with embolization. Occasionally, to facilitate the removal of the malformation, intra-arterial embolization of the feeding artery is used.

Only a specialist of the highest level can determine the treatment method for arteriovenous malformations in each specific case.

Neurosurgeons at Top Ichilov treat pathological blood vessels in the brain, including all types of arteriovenous malformations, such as:

• Arterial malformation;
• Arteriovenous fistulous malformation;
• Arteriovenous racemose malformation;
• Arteriovenous micromalformation;
• Arteriovenous cavernous malformation;
• Telangiectasia malformation;
• Venous malformation.

Diagnostic Procedures