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edited by Shokei Yamada, MD, PhD, 258 pp, $145, with illus, ISBN 0-87-993424-7, Armonk, NY, Futura Publishing Co, 1999

Arch Neurol. 2001;58:1020.

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This 12-chapter textbook addresses some of the key issues regarding management of arteriovenous malformations in functional areas of the brain. Although it was primarily written by Dr Shokei Yamada, a well-known neurosurgeon in the field, several chapters were written by other world-renowned experts.

Other textbooks have addressed general issues relevant to vascular malformations, and surgical issues are reasonably well addressed in several of the multivolume neurosurgical textbooks; however, this is the first textbook dedicated to arteriovenous malformations in functional areas of the brain.

The first chapter is a lengthy 122 pages and summarizes the surgical approach to arteriovenous malformations in functional areas of the brain. It is nicely illustrated with several color pictures that supplement the well-written text. The chapter also contains 11 case presentations with associated radiologic imaging and a description of the operative procedure. The cases are typical of the type of challenging vascular malformations that are seen . . . [Full Text of this Article]