Therapeutic Embolization

• Main Authors: Varghese, Kiron (Author), Adhyapak, Srilakshmi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Vascular surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Vascular Surgery.

This book is a concise guide to vascular embolization and provides a perspective to the operator regarding embolization procedures in various clinical settings. This procedure has gained acceptance in terms of safety and efficacy with the advent of more advanced hardware like microcatheters, emboliz...

Table of Contents:

• Overview of the indications for embolizations
• Materials used for embolization
• Bronchial artery embolization for massive hemoptysis
• Renal artery embolization for bleeding, hemangiomas, renal cell carcinoma
• Splenic artery embolization for non-surgical splenectomy
• Embolization of arterio-venous malformations
• Uterine artery embolization for intractable menorrhagia.