Passage and lodging of an embolus within the bloodstream
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Embolization
Micrograph of embolic material in the artery of a kidney. The kidney was surgically removed because of cancer. H&E stain.
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Embolization refers to the passage and lodging of an embolus within the bloodstream. It may be of natural origin (pathological), in which sense it is also called embolism, for example a pulmonary embolism; or it may be artificially induced (therapeutic), as a hemostatic treatment for bleeding or as a treatment for some types of cancer by deliberately blocking blood vessels to starve the tumor cells.
In the cancer management application, the embolus, besides blocking the blood supply to the tumor, also often includes an ingredient to attack the tumor chemically or with irradiation. When it bears a chemotherapy drug, the process is called chemoembolization. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the usual form. When the embolus bears a radiopharmaceutical for unsealed source radiotherapy, the process is called radioembolization or selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT).
depends largely on the organ to be embolized. Patients who undergo cerebral embolization or portal vein embolization are usually given a general anesthetic...
embolization. Compared to surgical treatment for fibroids such as a hysterectomy, in which a woman's uterus is removed, uterine artery embolization may...
Transarterial bland embolization (TAE, also known as HAE) is a catheter-based tumor treatment of the liver. In this procedure, embolizing agents (e.g., polyvinyl...
cancerous tumor by stopping its blood supply. Such therapy is called embolization. There are different types of embolism, some of which are listed below...
hemoptysis. Therefore, it is common to embolize such non-bronchial arteries, but the expression of bronchial artery embolization, BAE, rather than the universal...
Prostatic artery embolization (PAE, or prostate artery embolisation) is a non-surgical technique for treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). The...
Portal vein embolization (PVE) is a preoperative procedure performed in interventional radiology to initiate hypertrophy of the anticipated future liver...
"Could late rebleeding overturn the superiority of cranial aneurysm coil embolization over clip ligation seen in ISAT?" Journal of Neurosurgery 108: 437–42...
flow) embolization into the ophthalmic and retinal arteries can occur. Delayed skin necrosis can also occur as a complication of embolization. Embolic...
performed to locate the bleeding, and it can often be embolized. Bronchial artery embolization (BAE) is the first line treatment nowadays. Surgical option...
radiofrequency ablation hysterectomy uterine artery embolization In those who have symptoms, uterine artery embolization and surgical options have similar outcomes...
prevent hemorrhage. The treatment may involve embolization of the draining sinus as well as clipping or embolization of the draining veins. Type III dural AV...
further. If symptomatic, VHs can be treated with surgery, transarterial embolization, direct ethanol injection, radiotherapy, and/ or vertebroplasty, each...
Could late rebleeding overturn the superiority of cranial aneurysm coil embolization over clip ligation seen in ISAT?" Journal of Neurosurgery 108: 437-442...
glands. Thrombus formation can have one of four outcomes: propagation, embolization, dissolution, and organization and recanalization. Propagation of a thrombus...
An embolus, is described as a free-floating mass, located inside blood vessels that can travel from one site in the blood stream to another. An embolus...
blood flow into the AVM. Embolization is frequently used as an adjunct to either surgery or radiation treatment. Embolization reduces the size of the AVM...
Hepatic artery embolization, also known as trans-arterial embolization (TAE), is one of the several therapeutic methods to treat primary liver tumors...
Thrombosis (from Ancient Greek θρόμβωσις thrómbōsis "clotting") is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through...
[citation needed] The radiotherapeutic analogue (combining radiotherapy with embolization) is called radioembolization or selective internal radiation therapy...
infrainguinal/subinguinal (below the groin) and inguinal (groin using percutaneous embolization). Possible complications of this procedure include hematoma (bleeding...
AVM-specific treatment may also involve endovascular embolization, neurosurgery or radiosurgery. Embolization, that is, cutting off the blood supply to the AVM...
embolization of the thoracic duct has been highly successful in controlling cast formation. Cannulation of the thoracic duct followed by embolization...
causing dangerous damage to blood vessels, closure of blood vessels (embolization) and decay of muscle tissue (rhabdomyolysis). Alprazolam is not very...
is not possible. If the patient continues to have a risk of further embolization from some persistent source, such as chronic atrial fibrillation, treatment...
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