ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A730 INTERVENTION OR CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATIONS: A PROSPECTIVE, POPULATION-BASED COHORT STUDY
Abel Sandmann, Dagmar Verbaan, Jonathan Coutinho, William Peter Vandertop, Philip White, Rustam Salman · 2026
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Abel Sandmann and co-authors present a 2026 conference study on whether surgery or watchful care serves people better with a bleeding-prone tangle of vessels in the brain. The tangles can cause seizures, bleeds, and lasting disability. Doctors have long lacked clear proof for either path.
The Scotland-wide study followed adults found with the tangle in set years, for a median of sixteen years. About one in five of those with symptoms chose an intervention, mostly open removal. Treated patients were younger and less often had deep brainstem tangles. Over the long follow-up, lasting disability rates did not split by path. New bleed or deficit events also showed no firm split, and the authors report no long-term edge either way.
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| CREATOR | Abel Sandmann, Dagmar Verbaan, Jonathan Coutinho, William Peter Vandertop, Philip White, Rustam Salman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |