title: Effects of intravascular embolization operation on adult VGAD.
abstract: To analyze the effects of intravascular embolization on adult vein of Galen aneurysmal dilatation (VGAD) patients.
  
  
  
  Five consecutively selected patients (median age of 56.4 years) were diagnosed with VGAD in our hospital from February 2010 to February 2015 and treated with intravascular embolization.
  
  
  
  2 cases were confirmed with malformed vessels in cerebellum, 2 cases in basal ganglia region and 1 case in brain stem; 3 cases with single branch artery blood supply and 2 cases with multiple branch artery blood supply; malformed vessel was 2.5-5.5 cm in diameter, on average 4.3 (±1.2) cm; 3 cases were dominated by intracranial hemorrhage, 1 case by a headache and 1 case by seizure; GCS scores ranged from 8-12, on average 10.5 (±1.6); intraoperative blood loss ranged from 20-80 ml, on average (55.8±15.9) ml; 1 case died after operation, 1 case was disabled, and the remainder were normal.
  
  
  
  Intravascular embolization was safe and effective for adult VGAD patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Daqing Longnan Hospital, Daqing Heilongjiang, China. tang_feng111@163.com.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: X-W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X-W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Zhai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002531:Cerebellum; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D054080:Vein of Galen Malformations