title: [Surgery versus detachable balloon embolization of pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: clinical experience].
abstract: We experienced 4 pulmonary arteriovenous fistula cases 2 of which were treated surgically and 2 were subjected to detachable balloon embolization therapy. Favorable results were obtained in the detachable balloon embolization therapy. In treating pulmonary arteriovenous fistula, if the lesion is in the position where the catheter can be reached easily and is composed of a single afferent-efferent vessel unit, it would be advisable to perform the embolization therapy first, and then to apply an operative procedure preserving lung tissue as much as possible.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nogimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imaizumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomii
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*