Embolization Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications

✍ Scribed by Marcelo Guimaraes MD FSIR, Dr. Riccardo Lencioni MD FSIR EBIR, Dr. Gary P. Siskin MD FSIR

• Publisher: LWW
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1311
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Comprehensive and up to date, Embolization Therapy: Principles and Clinical Applications covers all the current devices, basic and advanced techniques, and tips and tricks that you need to know to make the most of these frequently performed procedures in your practice. From a review of embolic agents, to step-by-step clinical applications, to discussions of the future of embolotherapy, you’ll find complete coverage of today’s embolization procedures in one convenient volume.
Key Features

• Covers all basic techniques as well as specialized procedures such as interventional oncology, management of vascular malformations, endovascular management of trauma, uterine fibroid embolization, and more.
• Offers the knowledge and experience of dozens of recognized experts in vascular and interventional radiology, neuro-interventional radiology, and vascular surgery worldwide.
• Provides updated standards of care from global authorities in the field, as well as personal tips and tricks in quick-reference tables throughout.
• Contains a chapter on practice development and the future of embolization therapy, helping you add value to a portfolio of procedures with specialized or unusual techniques.
• Gives clear, concise guidance on intracranial and spine embolization, head and neck embolization, peripheral embolization, gastrointestinal arterial and venous embolization, hepatic embolization, intravascular delivery of therapeutic agents, pediatric embolization, and much more.

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✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I Embolic Materials
Section A Introduction to Embolic Agents
1 Brief History and Classification of Embolic Agents
Section B Coils and Plugs
2 Pushable Coils
3 Detachable Coils
4 Vascular Plugs
5 Gelatin Sponge
Section C Particulate Agents
6 Polyvinyl Alcohol Particles
7 Spherical Embolic Agents
8 Drug-Eluting Beads
Section D Liquid Agents
9 Glue
10 EVOH/DMSO in Peripheral Application
11 Sclerosing Agents
Section E Catheters
12 Catheters and Catheterization Techniques
PART II Clinical Applications
Section A Intracranial and Spine Embolization
13 Vascular Malformations
14 Intracranial Aneurysms
Section B Head and Neck Embolization
15 Epistaxis
16 Vascular Tumors
17 Carotid Blowout Syndrome
Section C Thoracic Embolization
18 Hemoptysis
19 Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulas
20 Chest Tumors
Section D Trauma Embolization
22 Thoracoabdominal Trauma
23 Pelvic Trauma
24 Extremity Trauma
25 Spine and Bone Trauma
26 Iatrogenic Lesions
Section E Peripheral Embolization
27 Peripheral Vascular Malformations
28 Dysfunctional Hemodialysis Accesses
Section F Gastrointestinal Arterial Embolization
29 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
30 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Section G Gastrointestinal Venous Embolization
31 Portal Vein Embolization
32 Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration
Section H Hepatic Embolization
33 Transcatheter Arterial Embolization of Benign Liver Disease
34 Bland Embolization
35 Oil-Based Chemoembolization
36 Chemoembolization with Drug-Eluting Beads
37 Radioembolization
38 Combined Therapies
39 Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (Conventional and with Drug-Eluting Beads) and Radioembolization
40 Neuroendocrine Tumors
41 Colorectal Liver Disease
42 Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion
Section I Intravascular Delivery of Therapeutic Agents
43 Hepatopancreatic Disease
44 Vascular Disease
Section J Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Endoleaks
45 Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm Endoleaks
Section K Visceral Aneurysms
46 Splenic and Gastrointestinal Aneurysms
47 Renal Artery Aneurysms
Section L Genitourinary Embolization
48 Renal Cell Carcinoma
49 Renal Angiomyolipomas
50 Intractable Hematuria
51 Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
52 Priapism
53 Varicocele
Section M Genitourinary Embolization
54 Uterine Fibroids
55 Adenomyosis
56 Gynecologic Malignancies
57 Pelvic Arteriovenous Malformations
58 Postpartum Hemorrhage
59 Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
Section N Pediatric Embolization
60 Pediatric Embolization
PART III Practice Development and the Future of Embolotherapy
61 Strategies for the Development of an Embolotherapy Service
Index

✦ Subjects

Vascular and Interventional Radiology