Embolization and surgical removal of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
The usefulness of embolization of one or several feeding arteries before surgical removal of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma has been proven. However, there are two questions which remain: (a) At what point should the embolization stop? (B) What is the optimal delay between embolization and operation? These questions are discussed but not resolved.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008438:Maxillary Artery; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D011300:Preoperative Care