Comparison of the efficacy and complication rates of the three treatment modalities in prior studies of SM grade III bAVMs
| Author, Year | No. of patients | Morbidity | Mortality | Pre-operative embolization | Cure rate |
| Surgery | |||||
| Morgan, 201517 | 112 | 22 (19.7%) | 1 (0.9%) | 21 (19%) | 97% |
| Lawton, 20032 | 76 | 3 (3.9%) | 3 (3.9%) | 75 (98.6%) | 97% |
| Luzzi, 20185 | 27 | 1 (3.7%) | 0 (0%) | 27 (100%) | 93% |
| Abecassis, 20173 | 54 | 17 (31.5%) | 2 (3.7%) | 42 (77.8%) | 92.6% |
| Radiosurgery | |||||
| Abecassis, 20173 | 59 | 12 (20.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 14 (23.7%) | 32.2% |
| Kano, 20146 | 474 | 64 (13.5%)* | 19 (4%)* | 81 (17.1%) | 77%† |
| Ding, 201718 | 891 | 98 (11%)* | 38 (4.2%)* | 199 (22.3%) | 78%† |
| Endovascular | |||||
| Our study, 2020 | 65 | 8 (12.3%) | 2 (3%) | N/A | 87.7% |
*including hemorrhage after radiosurgery and adverse radiation effects.
†after 10 years of radiosurgery.