Open AccessHaemangiomas and venous malformations of the head and neck: A retrospective analysis of endovascular management in 358 patients
Author(s) -
Sachin Kumbhar,
Rashmi Saraf,
Manish Shrivastava,
Siddhartha Wuppalapati,
Limaye Uday
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.113727
Subject(s) - medicine , sclerotherapy , venous malformation , surgery , head and neck , disfigurement , reduction (mathematics) , vascular malformation , deformity , embolization , radiology , lesion , blood loss , mathematics , geometry
Haemangioma (HM) and venous malformations of the head and neck are formidable lesions as they cause cosmetic deformity and psychological problems. Their surgical excision is difficult and fraught with problems like operative blood loss, incomplete excision, disfigurement and recurrence. Endovascular techniques like sclerotherapy and embolization are increasingly being used in the treatment of these difficult lesions.