Regrowth of facial avm after surgery

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone on here who has a facial AVM found that after surgical intervention the avm returned at a faster rate than before or if the surgery was successful in decreasing the size? I am in two minds over what to do so any advice would be much appreciated??

thanks caro

Please share what you learn with me. I am in the same boat. We have had one embolization. No surgeries yet. AVM is on the forehead near the right eyebrow.

let's continue in this duplicate thread http://www.avmsurvivors.org/forum/topics/recurrence-non-recurrence-of-facial-avms-after-resection

Caro Head, I wonder if you have tried consulting with James E Jackson; Radiology Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London; United Kingdom . I'm asking because I have run across some articles of his about AVMs. Also, he is part of a panel of international mds who are lecturing about AVMS this coming May in New York: http://www.gestweb.org/program.html (see Session VIII). It seems likely that he would know the latest technologies that might help you.

Thanks dancermom, I will look into this. I am under the care of some consultants in Birmingham at the mo so I will discuss with them about James Jackson and whether they think a referral to him would be useful! Thanks for the info
Caro x