Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment [E] » Therapeutics [E02] » Hemostatic Techniques » Embolization, Therapeutic
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques, and Equipment [E] » Therapeutics [E02] » Therapeutic Occlusion » Embolization, Therapeutic
Description
A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has been used in the treatment of spinal cord and INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS, renal arteriovenous fistulas, gastrointestinal bleeding, epistaxis, hypersplenism, certain highly vascular tumors, traumatic rupture of blood vessels, and control of operative hemorrhage. MeSH
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Subtype Terms (3)
Chemoembolization, Therapeutic
13 drugs (8 approved, 5 experimental)
Uterine Artery Embolization
2 approved drugs
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