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Descriptor English:   Embolization, Therapeutic 
Descriptor Spanish:   Embolización Terapéutica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Embolização Terapêutica 
Synonyms English:   Embolizations, Therapeutic
Embolotherapies
Embolotherapy
Therapeutic Embolization
Therapeutic Embolizations  
Tree Number:   E02.520.360
E02.926.500
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /surg
History Note English:   76 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ES ethics
HI history IS instrumentation
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends VE veterinary
Record Number:   4695 
Unique Identifier:   D004621 

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