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Table 4 Comparison between our study and De Assis et al. [11] and Bilhim et al. (2012) [12] classifications as regard the percentage of origin of prostatic artery

From: Anatomical variants in prostatic artery embolization in treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Origin of prostatic artery

Our study (%)

De Assis et al. [11] (%)

Blhim et al. (2012) (%)

Common origin with superior vesical artery (Type I)

49.1

28.7

20.1

Anterior division of ILA (Type II)

21.8

14.7

24.8

Obturator artery (Type III)

18.2

18.9

12.6

Pudendal artery (Type IV)

9.1

31.1

34.1

Other origins (Type V)

1.8

5.6

8.4