Reply #46: Arteriovenous malformation is the latest news [View All]

[Warpy]

That's a collection of blood vessels that formed into a knot during gestation. Some people have them and never know it. Other people have them into adulthood before they cause trouble, usually by either leaking or rupturing completely.

A rupture is generally catastrophic with a very poor prognosis.

A leaking AVM can be corrected by different surgeries, or if it's extensive or deeply within the brain, by cutting off the blood supply to it by creating artificial and permanent clots in the vessels leading to it.

Everybody who comes out of brain surgery is in critical condition for at least the first few hours.

We can still hope for his recovery.

I've worked in all areas of adult medicine and neurosurgery is where I saw the miracles.