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Abstract
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.
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Embolotherapy
- Embolizations, Therapeutic
- Embolotherapies
- Therapeutic Embolizations
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14 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /surg
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History Note
76
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Previous Indexing
- Embolism (1966-1975)
- specific heading/surgery (1966-1975)
- specific heading/therapy (1966-1975)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Therapeutic Embolization. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004621. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004621
- Therapeutic Embolization. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embolization
- Therapeutic Embolization. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1144114