Table 2

AVM embolization treatment details

Patient noNumber of embolization sessionsNumber of arterial pediclesArterial pedicles embolizedn-BCA dilutions*Post-embolization complications
133Anterior choroidal×31:3
1:3.5
None
246MCA×2
PCA×4
1:2
1:2.5
1:3
None
346MCA×1
PCA×3
ACA×2
1:2.5
1:2.75
1:3
None
446MCA×5
ACA×1
1:1.5
1:1.75
1:2
1:2.5
1:3
None
559PICA×3
SCA×6
1:2.5
1:3
Hemorrhage
611PCA×11:2None
711Middle meningeal1:2None
848Posterior choroidal×7
Inferolateral×1
1:2.5
1:3
None
923MCA×31:03None
1047ACA×2
MCA×1
PCA×4
Inferolateral×1
1:1
1:0.75
1:1.5
1:2
1:2.75
None
  • *Denoted as n-BCA:ethiodol ratio.

  • ACA, anterior cerebral artery; AVM, arteriovenous malformation; MCA, middle cerebral artery; n-BCA, n-butyl-cyanoacrylate; PCA, posterior cerebral artery; PICA, posterior inferior cerebellar artery; SCA, superior cerebellar artery.