title: Intraparenchymal embolization for obliteration of an intramedullary AVM of the spinal cord. Technical note.
abstract: A new technique is presented in which expandable compressed Ivalon sponge emboli were used to obliterate an intramedullary arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord by intraparenchymal embolization. A case is described in which this method was used.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol; D011859:Radiography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*
chemical_list: D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol