Table 1.
Characteristics of patients and summary of preoperative TAE
| Case | Age/Sex | Location of tumor |
Size of tumor (cm) |
Target feeding artery |
Microcatheter | Amount of 14% NBCA (ml) |
Complication of TAE | Interval to surgery (days) |
Effectiveness of TAE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 80/F | Lt convexity | 5.5×3.3×3.5 | MMA, STA | Echlon 10 | 0.4 | None | 1 | Excellent |
| 2 | 79/M | Rt parasagittal | 5.3×4.1×4.6 | MMA | Marathon | 0.55 | None | 1 | Excellent |
| 3 | 52/F | Lt falx | 3.4×3.4×3.6 | MMA | Marathon | 0.6 | None | 2 | Excellent |
| 4 | 71/F | Lt parasagittal | 3.6×3.4×2.6 | MMA | Marathon | 0.5 | None | 2 | Excellent |
| 5 | 78/M | Rt parasagittal | 2.1×1.9×1.7 | MMA | Marathon | 0.3 | None | 2 | Excellent |
| 6 | 49/F | Lt falx | 2.8×2.8×3.4 | MMA | Marathon | 0.25 | None | 2 | Excellent |
| 7 | 65/F | Lt CPA | 2.9×2.8×2.6 | MMA | Echlon 10 | 0.4 | None | 1 | Good |
| 8 | 56/F | Lt olfactory | 5.2×5.5×4.8 | MMA, STA | Marathon | 1.1 | None | 2 | Good |
| 9 | 66/F | Lt parasellar | 2.5×2.1×2.2 | MMA, AMA | Marathon | 0.4 | None | 2 | Poor |
| 10 | 73/F | Lt convexity | 4.3×3.6×2.9 | MMA | Marathon | 0.35 | None | 2 | Excellent |
| 11 | 51/M | Falx | 2.1×3.0×1.9 | MMA | Marathon | 0.3 | None | 1 | Excellent |
| 12 | 46/M | Rt CPA | 3.3×1.9×3.4 | APA | Headway | 0.4 | None | 1 | Good |
| 13 | 40/F | Lt CPA | 4.9×4.6×4.9 | OA | Marathon | 0.5 | None | 2 | Excellent |
| 14 | 63/M | Lt convexity | 1.8×2.3×1.4 | MMA | Marathon | 0.4 | None | 2 | Excellent |
| 15 | 45/F | Rt CPA | 3.9×3.9×3.7 | OA, PA, MMA | Marathon | 0.6 | None | 1 | Excellent |
| 16 | 50/M | Rt sphenoid | 4.0×3.6×3.8 | MMA | Headway | 0.5 | None | 2 | Excellent |
| 17 | 66/F | Rt petroclival | 3.9×3.2×2.9 | MMA | Headway | 0.35 | None | 2 | Poor |
| 18 | 59/F | Rt parasagittal | 3.5×3.4×3.4 | MMA, STA | Marathon | 0.4 | None | 1 | Good |
| 19 | 69/F | Rt convexity | 3.2×4.0×4.0 | MMA | Marathon | 0.15 | None | 1 | Excellent |
APA: ascending pharyngeal artery, CPA: cerebellopontine angle, 4.9F: female, Lt: left, M: male, MMA: middle meningeal artery, NBCA: n-butyl cyanoacrylate, OA: occipital artery,
PA: posteror auricular artery, Rt: right, STA: superficial temporal artery, TAE: trans-arterial embolization