Table 1

Outcome of patients undergoing embolisation for PAVM

Author	No of   patients	Embolisation type*	No of PAVMs attempted	No of PAVMs occluded	Device migration	PAVM recanalisation	Follow up period†
NR, not reported.
*B, balloon; C, coil. †Mean in parentheses.
White et al, 1988³³	76	B>>C	276	276	2	NR	NR
Haitjema et al, 1995³⁴	32	C	92	90	2	2	2–71 months
							(25 months)
Dutton et al, 1995⁵⁰	53	C	102	102	2	NR	NR
Lee et al , 1997⁵¹	45	B=C	98	97	2	4	1–12.3 years
							(4.7 years)
Saluja et al, 1999⁵²	82	B>>C	240	238	1	3	1–4 years