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