In order to determine possible risk factors and to assess the value of platinum microcoils
added to polyvinyl alcohol particles in preoperative embolization of cerebral arteriovenous …

The role of embolization in the management of brain arteriovenous malformations remains
controversial. The benefits of embolization alone are not clear and surgical removal may be …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The appropriate choice of embolic materials with respect
to the permanency of obliterated nidi after embolization and complications related to the …

✓ Embolization with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) is an accepted method of rendering complex
arteriovenous malformations (AVM's) more amenable to surgery, but its effects on human …

A pathologic study was undertaken of seven encephalic arteriovenous malformations,
including five resected from one to seven days after balloon embolization, one resected 10 …

✓ The authors report their experience with surgical resection of 108 previously embolized
arteriovenous malformations (AVM's). Embolization was performed via only transfemoral …

Treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) with isobutyl-2 cyanoacrylate
(IBCA) injected through a calibrated-leak balloon is a well established procedure. Technical …

Object. The authors report their clinical experience with their new nonadhesive liquid
embolic agent, an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVAL)/ethanol mixture, to treat …

Light microscopic and immunohistochemical examination was undertaken of intracranial
arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) surgically resected from 18 patients, each of whom had …

Summary 35 Patients with cerebral arteriovenous malformations treated by endovascular
embolization were analyzed. The treatment was performed in most cases with …