[Cervico-cephalic vascular malformations. Current treatment protocol. Apropos of 230 cases].

In the light of 230 cases of vascular malformations in the cervico-facial region and the scalp treated over a 7 year period, the value of embolization is specified. Embolization permits effective treatment of the complications of these lesions, in particular haemorrhage. The reduction of swelling that can be obtained is always marked, but often incomplete : this is largely due to an associated hypertrophy of the neighbouring nonangiomatous tissues : such hypertrophy most often necessitates plastic surgery in order to obtain complete correction of the local disfigurement.