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Embolization, Therapeutic

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Definition: 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.  coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /surg   
Examples Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; Uterine Artery Embolization 		Other names Embolotherapy; Therapeutic Embolizations; Embolotherapies; Embolizations, Therapeutic; Therapeutic Embolization
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
embosil  0   *Silicon Compounds Embolization, Therapeutic. Vestn Rentgenol Radiol 1991 Jan-Feb;(1):74-6
hylan gel  0   *Cellulose *Hexamethonium Compounds *Tantalum *Thrombin Drug Combinations Hyaluronic Acid/*analogs & derivatives Biocompatible Materials Embolization, Therapeutic. J Biomed Mater Res 1991;25(6):699
Sumikagel  75497-68-6   *Acrylic Resins Embolization, Therapeutic. Nippon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi 1990;50(11):1437
ivalon sponge  0   *Polyvinyls Embolization, Therapeutic. J Neurol Sci 1980;47(1):69

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