Embolization therapy : principles and clinical applications / [edited by] Marcelo Guimaraes, Riccardo Lencioni, Gary P. Siskin.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Brief history and classification of embolic agents -- Pushable coils -- Detachable doils -- Vascular plugs -- Gelatin sponge -- Polyvinyl alcohol particles -- Spherical embolic agents -- Drug-eluting beads -- Glue -- EVOH/DMSO in peripheral application -- Sclerosing agents -- Catheters and catheterization techniques -- Vascular malformations -- Intracranial aneurysms -- Epistaxis -- Vascular tumors -- Carotid blowout syndrome -- Hemoptysis -- Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas -- Chest tumors -- Head and neck trauma -- Thoracoabdominal trauma -- Pelvic trauma -- Extremity trauma -- Spine and bone trauma -- Iatrogenic lesions -- Peripheral vascular malformations -- Dysfunctional hemodialysis accesses -- Upper gastrointestinal bleeding -- Lower gastrointestinal bleeding -- Portal vein embolization -- Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration -- Transcatheter arterial embolization of benign liver disease -- Bland embolization -- Oil-based chemoembolization -- Chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads -- Radioembolization -- Combined therapies -- Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (Conventional and with drug-eluting beads) and radioembolization -- Neuroendocrine tumors -- Colorectal liver disease -- Percutaneous hepatic perfusion -- Hepatopancreatic disease -- Vascular disease -- Abdominal aorta aneurysm endoleaks -- Splenic and gastrointestinal aneurysms -- Renal artery aneurysms -- Renal cell carcinoma -- Renal angiomyolipomas -- Intractable hematuria -- Benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Priapism -- Varicocele -- Uterine fibroids -- Adenomyosis -- Gynecologic malignancies -- Pelvic arteriovenous malformations -- Postpartum hemorrhage -- Pelvic congestion syndrome -- Pediatric embolization -- Strategies for the development of an embolotherapy service.

This book covers the current devices, basic and advanced techniques, and tips and tricks for performing embolization procedures. It also includes a review of embolic agents, step-by-step clinical, and discussions of the future of embolotherapy.

English.

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