The case against a randomized trial of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations: misinterpretation of a flawed study

Affiliations

• ¹ From the Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (N.C.B.); Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (K.M.C.); Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care, Boston (J.A.H.); Department of Neurosurgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (E.S.C., P.M.M.); Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago (S.A.-H.); and Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA (R.M.F.). nicholas.bambakidis2@uhhospitals.org.
• ² From the Department of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH (N.C.B.); Department of Neurosurgery, Penn State, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (K.M.C.); Massachusetts General Hospital, Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care, Boston (J.A.H.); Department of Neurosurgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (E.S.C., P.M.M.); Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago (S.A.-H.); and Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA (R.M.F.).