Embolization, Therapeutic
"Embolization, Therapeutic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D004621
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.520.360 E02.926.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Embolization, Therapeutic- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Embolotherapy
- Embolotherapies
- Therapeutic Embolization
- Embolizations, Therapeutic
- Therapeutic Embolizations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Embolization, Therapeutic" by people in Profiles.
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Risk of Distal Embolization From tPA (Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator) Administration Prior to Endovascular Stroke Treatment. Stroke. 2020 09; 51(9):2697-2704.
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Hypofractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for treatment of cerebral arteriovenous malformations: outcome analysis with use of the modified arteriovenous malformation scoring system. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Jul; 29:155-61.
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Resolution of Oculomotor Nerve Palsy Secondary to Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms: Comparison of Clipping and Coiling. Neurosurgery. 2015 Dec; 77(6):931-9; discussion 939.
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Endovascular management of inadvertent brachiocephalic arterial catheterization. J Neurosurg. 2011 Jan; 114(1):146-52.
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Catheter-directed therapy for the treatment of massive pulmonary embolism: systematic review and meta-analysis of modern techniques. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Nov; 20(11):1431-40.
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Changes in rates of hysterectomy and uterine conserving procedures for treatment of uterine leiomyoma. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jun; 196(6):601.e1-5; discussion 601.e5-6.
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Predictors of hysterectomy after uterine artery embolization for leiomyoma. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jun; 196(6):588.e1-6.