Category: Embolotherapy

The deliberate injection of foreign material into a vein (or an artery) to block the flow of blood from (or to) the organ or tissue in order to induce cell death, control abnormal growth, or reduce or stop blood loss.

Uterine Fibroid (Artery) Embolization

What is Uterine Fibroid (Artery) Embolization? Uterine fibroids are benign tumors (noncancerous) that grow in the uterus. There may be one or countless fibroids and they grow in any part of the uterus, frequently disfiguring it and making it grow to enormous proportions. These tumors grow and multiply under the influence of the female hormone, […]