Image-Guided Embolotherapy of Arteriovenous Malformations of the Face.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the safety and outcome of image-guided embolotherapy of extracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) primarily affecting the face.

Materials and methods

A multicenter cohort of 28 patients presenting with AVMs primarily affecting the face was retrospectively investigated. Fifty image-guided embolotherapies were performed, mostly using ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer-based embolic agents. Clinical and imaging findings were assessed to evaluate response during follow-up (symptom-free, partial relief of symptoms, no improvement, and progression despite embolization), lesion devascularization (total, 100%; substantial, 76-99%; partial, 51-75%; failure, < 50%; and progression), and complication rates (classified according to the CIRSE guidelines). Sub-anal

SUBMITTER: Schmidt VF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226106 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature