title: Embolization and surgical removal of nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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