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. 2014 Jan 10;54(2):155–160. doi: 10.2176/nmc.cr.2013-0007

Table 1.

Literature review table

Author (yr) Age Sex Fistula side/type Complications of angiography Treatment Outcomes
Halbach et al. (1990)16) 19 y/o N/A (–)/direct (Cerebral angiography)
Transfemoral→unsuccessful
(excessive tortuous)
Carotid puncture→massive hematoma
Direct surgical ligation Good
(spontaneously closed)
22 y/o F Lt/direct (Cerebral angiography)
Transfemoral→massive external hemorrhage (puncture site)
1st TVE (silicon balloon) Improve
2nd TVE (balloon) Dead (POD4) fatal pontine hemorrhage
24 y/o N/A Rt/direct (Cerebral angiography)
Transfemoral→iliac artery dissection→graft repair
Direct surgical repair Visual loss, opthalmoplegia
39 y/o F Lt/direct (Cerebral angiography) N/A 1st TAE Initial improvement (recurrence)
2nd TAE Unsuccessful
3rd TAE (liquid) Good
49 y/o F Rt/direct (Cerebral angiography) N/A TAE Good (asymptomatic iliac dissection)
Schievink et al. (1991)8) 17 y/o F Lt/direct (Cerebral angiography)
Direct carotid puncture→large hematoma
ICA ligation Good
20 y/o N/A Rt/direct (Cerebral angiography)
Transfemoral→large hematoma (puncture site)
Rt ICA embolization Fail (tortuous)
Rt carotid puncture Bleeding→CPA (common carotid clamp)
Debrun et al. (1995)18) 39 y/o F Rt/direct (Cerebral angiography) N/A TAE (balloon) Recurrence (ICO)
39 y/o F Lt/direct (Cerebral angiography) N/A TAE (balloon) Good
Bashir et al. (1999)23) 53 y/o F Lt/direct (Cerebral angiography) N/A TVE (coil) Dead (haemothorax, abdominal aortic rupture)
Chuman et al. (2002)24) 57 y/o M Lt/direct (Cerebral angiography)
Multiple AN (abdomen-pelvis)→ dissection, groin hematoma
TVE Good (POD3 colon rupture→colostomy)
Mitsuhashi et al. (2004)14) 30 y/o F Rt/direct (Cerebral angiography)
Rt femoral artery rupture→retroperitoneal bleeding
Extracranial ligation Good (watershed infarction)
Desal et al. (2005)17) 48 y/o F Lt/direct (Cerebral angiography) N/A TAE (balloon×→ coil) Dead (POD7) lt frontal hematoma

CPA: cardio pulmonary arrest, F: female, ICA: internal carotid artery, ICO: internal carotid artery occlusion, M: male, N/A: not available, POD: postoperative day, TAE: transarterial embolization, TVE: transvenous embolization, y/o: years old.