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What activity restrictions do you counsel patients on after radiosurgery for arteriovenous malformations, given the continued risk of hemorrhage until nidus obliteration?
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Radiation Oncology · Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Prior to radiosurgery for an arteriovenous malformation, I counsel patients that the risk of hemorrhage is not immediately eliminated by treatment and may persist until the nidus is completely obliterated, which can take several years. Therefore, posttreatment follow-up and clinical surveillance rem...