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Comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the natural history, treatment, and outcomes of patients with vascular malformations of the brain and spine. Vascular malformations of the brain and spine pose management challenges. This text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the natural history, treatment, and outcomes of patients with these conditions. Authored by international experts, the text is aimed at neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, radiation oncologists, and rehabilitation medicine physicians. Vascular malformations of the brain and spine pose management challenges. This text provides a comprehensive, up-to-date review of the natural history, treatment, and outcomes of patients with these conditions. Authored by international experts, the text is aimed at neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, radiation oncologists, and rehabilitation medicine physicians. Vascular malformations of the brain and spine pose many management challenges. This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of the natural history, treatment options, and outcomes of patients with these conditions. Despite their relative rarity, these lesions are responsible for devastating injury to individuals and can cause an enduring physical, psychological, and economic burden on patients and families. Many new therapeutic options are now available with the advent of novel surgical, endovascular, and radiosurgical techniques. The basic sciences have fuelled developm