 Embolization, Therapeutic
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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.
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D004621
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.520.360 E02.926.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Embolization, Therapeutic- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Embolotherapy
- Embolotherapies
- Therapeutic Embolization
- Embolizations, Therapeutic
- Therapeutic Embolizations
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Embolization, Therapeutic" by people in Profiles.
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Yu SC, Kwok CK, Cheng PW, Chan KY, Lau SS, Lui WM, Leung KM, Lee R, Cheng HK, Cheung YL, Chan CM, Wong GK, Hui JW, Wong YC, Tan CB, Poon WL, Pang KY, Wong AK, Fung KH. Intracranial aneurysms: midterm outcome of pipeline embolization device--a prospective study in 143 patients with 178 aneurysms. Radiology. 2012 Dec; 265(3):893-901.
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Wong GK, Yu SC, Siu DY, Poon WS. Recanalization with subsequent near-total occlusion of an internal carotid artery aneurysm after immediate thrombotic occlusion using a flow-diverting stent. J Neurosurg. 2012 Apr; 116(4):888-91.
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Wong GK, Kwan MC, Ng RY, Yu SC, Poon WS. Flow diverters for treatment of intracranial aneurysms: current status and ongoing clinical trials. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Jun; 18(6):737-40.
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Yu SC, Cheng KM, Tam PH, Wong GK, Chan CM, Cheung YL, Poon WS. A venographic operational classification for transvenous embolization of dural carotid-cavernous fistula. Neuroradiology. 2011 Dec; 53(12):993-9.
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Wong GK, Wong R, Mok V, Wong A, Poon WS. Natural history and medical treatment of cognitive dysfunction after spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: review of current literature with respect to aneurysm treatment. J Neurol Sci. 2010 Dec 15; 299(1-2):5-8.
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Wong GK, Yu SC, Zhu XL, Kam MK, Poon WS. Use of Onyx (a patented ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer formulation) embolisation of cerebral arteriovenous malformations in Hong Kong: initial experience. Hong Kong Med J. 2009 Oct; 15(5):359-64.
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Yu SC, So WK, Chung AC, Lee KT, Wong GK. A compartmentalized volumetric system for outcome analysis of coiled cerebral aneurysms: aneurysm-coil mass-neck outcome assessment system. Neurosurgery. 2009 Jan; 64(1):149-54; discussion 154-5.
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Wong GK, Yu SC, Poon WS. Dural arteriovenous fistula embolization via the occipital sinus. J Neurosurg. 2008 Jul; 109(1):165.
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Yu SC, Wong GK, Wong JK, Poon WS. Endovascular coiling versus neurosurgical clipping for ruptured intracranial aneurysms: significant benefits in clinical outcome and reduced consumption of hospital resources in Hong Kong Chinese patients. Hong Kong Med J. 2007 Aug; 13(4):271-8.
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Yu SC, Cheng HK, Wong GK, Chan CM, Cheung JY, Poon WS. Transvenous embolization of dural carotid-cavernous fistulae with transfacial catheterization through the superior ophthalmic vein. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jun; 60(6):1032-7; discussion 1037-8.
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