Therapeutic Embolization

✍ Scribed by Kiron Varghese, Srilakshmi Adhyapak (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 140
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book cites several clinical indications for embolization. Embolization is a safe and effective therapy for intra visceral bleeding, closure of arterio-venous malformations, non-surgical nephrectomy and splenectomy. It is especially useful in patients with several critical co-morbid medical conditions which preclude radical surgeries. It is organ preserving, with limited complications.

In the text, the procedural details are described in each clinical situation. The materials used for the procedure are also be described. The procedural pitfalls and complications are detailed in addition to precautions to be taken during the procedure.

This will serve as a reference guide for cardiologists and vascular radiologists.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Overview of Vascular Embolizations: Indications, Complications and Guidelines....Pages 1-5
Materials Used for Vascular Embolization....Pages 7-19
Bronchial Artery Embolization for Massive Hemoptysis....Pages 21-39
Renal Artery Embolization for Bleeding, Angiolipoma, Renal Cell Carcinoma and Certain Medical Conditions....Pages 41-66
Splenic Artery Embolization for Non-surgical Splenectomy....Pages 67-81
Uterine Artery Embolization for Bleeding due to Fibroids....Pages 83-92
Miscellaneous Indications for Embolization: Indications for Bleeding or for Decreasing Vascularity in Different Vascular Beds....Pages 93-128
Back Matter....Pages 129-133

✦ Subjects

Vascular Surgery;Cardiology