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. 2026 Feb 11;168(1):31. doi: 10.1007/s00701-026-06790-x

Table 2.

Summary of patients who underwent preoperative embolization

Group Case Number Location Feeder Embolization Material NBCA Flow reduction rate (%)
ICA ECA ICA ECA NBCA Coil Volume (ml)
Intratumoral embolization 1 Convexity MMA MMA 0.48 34.8
2 Tentorial MMA, OA MMA, OA not available 66.9
3 Cavernous sinus ILT AFR, MMA ILT AFR, MMA 0.39 15.0
4 Sphenoid ridge MHT AMA, MMA AMA, MMA not available 13.9
5 Clinoidal ILT MMA MMA 0.23 61.7
6 Sphenoid ridge MMA MMA 0.26 73.3
7 Sphenoid ridge MCA AMA, MMA, ADTA AMA, MMA, ADTA 0.61 26.9
8 Sphenoid ridge MMA MMA 0.28 26.7
9 Falx MMA MMA 0.97 58.5
10 Convexity MMA MMA 0.33 62.9
11 Convexity MCA MMA MMA 0.52 51.6
12 Parasagittal MCA MMA MMA 0.49 53.7
13 Sphenoid ridge AFR, IMA, MMA IMA, MMA 0.13 11.2
14 Parasagittal MMA MMA 0.40 47.2
15 Parasagittal ACA MMA MMA 0.85 16.8
16 Petrous APA APA 0.12 71.6
17 Parasagittal MMA MMA 0.23 87.5
18 Clinoidal ILT AFR ILT AFR 0.10 54.2
19 Clinoidal MHT AFR AFR 0.13 23.3
20 Convexity MMA MMA 0.17 70.4
21 Sphenoid ridge ILT AMA, MMA AMA, MMA 0.28 48.0
22 Clinoidal ACA, MHT AFR, AMA AFR, MMA 0.54 35.5
23 Convexity MMA MMA 0.21 57.0
24 Sphenoid ridge OpA AFR, AMA, MMA, STA AFR, AMA, MMA, STA 0.69 54.9
25 Parasagittal MMA MMA 0.12 76.0
26 Clinoidal AMA AMA 0.17 63.5
27 Convexity MMA MMA 0.51 75.9
28 Petrous MHT APA APA 0.18 32.2
29 Convexity MMA MMA 0.08 61.3
30 Convexity MMA MMA 0.64 87.2
Avg 50.6
Feeder occlusion 1 Tentorial MHT MHT 0 55.7
2 Petrous APA APA 0 0.5
3 Falx MMA, PMA MMA, PMA 0.26 25.0
4 Sphenoid ridge AEA, AMA AEA, AMA 0.29 12.4
5 Parasagittal MMA MMA 0.20 41.6
6 Sphenoid ridge MCA AMA, MMA AMA, MMA 0.45 0.4
7 Parasagittal MMA, OA MMA 0.12 1.8
8 Planum sphenoidal AEA, MMA AEA, MMA 0.10 29.8
9 Petrous MHT MMA MMA not available 2.4
10 Convexity MMA MMA 0.13 41.1
11 Petrous MMA MMA 0.03 11.5
12 Petrous APA, AFR, MMA APA, AFR, MMA 0.34 38.4
13 Tentorial OA OA 0.13 53.0
Avg 24.1

ACA Anterior cerebral artery, ADTA Anterior deep temporal artery, AEA Anterior ethmoidal artery, AFR Artery of foramen rotundum, AMA Accessory meningeal artery, APA Ascending pharyngeal artery, Avg. Average, ECA External carotid artery, ICA Internal carotid artery, ILT Inferolateral trunk, IMA Internal maxillary artery, MCA Middle cerebral artery, MHT Meningohypophyseal trunk, MMA Middle meningeal artery, NBCA N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate, OA Occipital artery, OpA Ophthalmic artery, PMA Posterior meningeal artery, STA Superficial temporal artery