Peripheral vascular malformations: favorable outcome

ABSTRACT

In the period from May 1999 and January 2003, 45 patients were presented with arteriovenous malformations. All patients were subjected to thorough history taking, clinical examination and investigation with recent modalities techniques. A surgical excision was done in all cases; wide surgical excision of hemangioma and preliminary ligation of the feeding vessels was done in case of arteriovenous communication. Residual lesions were subjected to a further excision or injection sclerotherapy with ethanol. An excellent outcome was obtained in most of the patients, with only residual lesions in seven patients who were treated by a further excision or injection sclerotherapy with ethanol. There was no major complication in the postoperative period, e.g. DVT and PE. There was no recurrence in the study