[Morphological cure of cerebral arteriovenous malformations by endovascular therapeutics].
OBJECTIVE
To sum up the clinical characteristics and typical manifestation by analysing clinical materials from total embolized cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVM) via endovascular embolization.


METHODS
We reviewed clinical and image materials of 50 patients whose cerebral AVM were embolized entirely and found the cerebral AVM morphological cure by endovascular embolization after studying the size, position, artery supply, therapeutics and follow-up.


RESULTS
50 patients with cerebral AVM were embolized by endovascular therapy, accounting for 17% of all patients. Malformation lesions were medium or small type, with a diameter less than 3 cm, 95% of them were located in the tentorium superior. Terminal end blood supply was common to AVM and especially medium cerebral artery (MCA) or its branches. 97% of the patients were graded III or below by spectzler grading system. 70% of them had a history of intracranial hemorrhage and were cured by one therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
It is a reliable and feasible method for morphological cure in cerebral AVM via endovascular therapeutics only, but case selection is important, that is, medium or small AVM with single branch terminal end blood supply in the tentorium superior.
Gong
J
J
Department of Neurosurgery, Wuhan General Hospital, People's Liberation Army, Wuhan 430070.
Ma
L
L
Qin
S
S
Yu
Z
Z
Xu
G
G
Yang
M
M
Yao
G
G
Li
J
J
Hu
J
J
Pan
L
L
Zhang
X
X
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome