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Bennett M. Stein, MD; J. P. Mohr, MD; M. B. Sisti, MD
Neurological Institute of New York 710 W 168th St New York, NY 10032

Arch Neurol. 1991;48(1):19-20.

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To the Editor.

—We were rather shocked by the publication entitled "Stereotactic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, Initial North American Experience in 207 Patients," by Lunsford and coworkers,¹ that appeared in the February 1990 issue of the ARCHIVES. The attractiveness of a painless therapy such as radiation appears to have beguiled the authors and editors into overlooking the substantiation of assumptions that were expressed in the abstract of this article.

At the Neurological Institute of New York, we have had extensive experience in all modes of treatment for arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), including microsurgery, embolization, and radiosurgery (linear accelerator). Over the past 10 years, we have evaluated over 600 patients and have operated on, embolized, and recently carried out radiosurgery on these patients. This experience has allowed us to evaluate the characteristics of many AVMs in patients who have come for an opinion on therapy, proposed or already performed.

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