title: Interventional embolization therapy of puerile congenital deep femoral arteriovenous fistula.
abstract: This study aimed to investigate the treatment efficiency of interventional embolization therapy in puerile congenital deep femoral arteriovenous fistula. A retrospective analysis was conducted for 9 cases of congenital deep femoral arteriovenous fistulae treated in our department in the past 5 years. B-ultrasound examination indicated that all puerile patients suffered from deep femoral arteriovenous fistulae, which was confirmed by angiography examination. For all patients, endovascular interventional embolization therapy was conducted and angiography re-examination was implemented after 4 weeks. If there were residual orificium fistulae, the interventional embolization therapy was conducted again. In the 6 month to 2 year follow-up period, improvement of clinical symptoms was observed. Following interventional embolization, 9 cases of deep femoral arteriovenous fistulae were completely occluded and the clinical symptoms were improved. No relapses occurred. In addition, after three embolization treatments, the disease condition of one case was controlled well and the disease condition did not progress. Interventional embolization therapy has a number of advantages, including simple surgery and reliable treatment efficacy. Therefore, it is worthy of promotion and application in the clinic.
authors: Department of Interventional Therapy, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou 510120,  P.R. China.
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Xiao-Yun
authors: XY
authors: Tan
authors: Shao-Yi
authors: SY
authors: Zhou
authors: Kun-Shan
authors: KS
authors: Chen
authors: Hai-Bo
authors: HB
authors: Li
authors: Chuanqiang-Niu
authors: Yi-Zhou
authors: YZ
authors: Jiang
authors: Que-Qing
authors: QQ
authors: Lin
keywords: absolute ethyl alcohol; congenital arteriovenous fistula; embolization; intervention; spring steel ring