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Neurosurgical Stroke Program

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The Department of Neurosurgery works with many other health care teams at Children's Hospital Boston in a multidisciplinary effort dedicated to the treatment of children who have strokes.

The following are conditions associated with strokes that may be treated by neurosurgeons and/or neurointerventionalists:

  • Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
  • Arteriovenous Fistulas (including dural arteriovenous fistulas) (AVFs, DAVs, DAVFs, DAVMs)
  • Vein of Galen Malformations (VOGMs)
  • Aneurysms
  • Moyamoya Syndrome
  • Venous thrombosis
  • Arterial ischemic stroke
  • Arterial dissection (vertebral dissection, carotid dissection)
  • Cavernous Malformations
Contact Edward Smith, MD, or R. Michael Scott, MD, for more information.
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Related topics:
Arteriovenous Malformations
Moyamoya Syndrome
Pediatric Stroke
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