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Descriptor English: Embolization, Therapeutic
Descriptor Spanish: Embolización Terapéutica
Descriptor embolización terapéutica
Entry term(s) emboloterapia
Scope note: Método de hemostasia que utiliza diversos agentes embolizantes, como Gelfoam, gránulos Silastic, metal, vidrio o plástico, coágulos autólogos, de grasa y músculo. Se han utilizado en el tratamiento de MALFORMACIONES ARTERIOVENOSAS INTRACRANEALES y de la médula espinal, fístula arteriovenosa renal, hemorragia digestiva, epistaxis, hiperesplenismo, ciertos tumores muy vascularizados, ruptura traumática de vasos sanguíneos, y en el control de hemorragias operatorias.
Descriptor Portuguese: Embolização Terapêutica
Descriptor French: Embolisation thérapeutique
Entry term(s): Embolizations, Therapeutic
Embolotherapies
Embolotherapy
Therapeutic Embolization
Therapeutic Embolizations
Tree number(s): E02.520.360
E02.926.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004621
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /surg
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Embolism (1966-1975)
specific heading/surgery (1966-1975)
specific heading/therapy (1966-1975)
Public MeSH Note: 76
History Note: 76
Entry Version: EMBOLIZATION THER
DeCS ID: 4695
Unique ID: D004621
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Date Established: 1976/01/01
Date of Entry: 1975/07/25
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Embolization, Therapeutic - Preferred
Concept UI M0007253
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Embolization, Therapeutic
Entry term(s) Embolizations, Therapeutic
Embolotherapies
Embolotherapy
Therapeutic Embolization
Therapeutic Embolizations



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