Concept information
Preferred term
Embolization, Therapeutic
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Embolizations, Therapeutic
- Embolotherapies
- Embolotherapy
- Therapeutic Embolization
- Therapeutic Embolizations
Note
- coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /surg
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 76
In other languages
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Finnish
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embolisatio
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terapeuttinen embolisaatio
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terapeuttinen embolismi
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Swedish
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Terapeutisk embolisering
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004621
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