You will review examples of embolotherapy, a precise and minimally invasive technique of treating many conditions, from active hemorrhages (gastrointestinal, genitourinary, extremities, splenic, hepatic, etc) to the destruction of tumors, both benign and malignant.
What is uterine fibroid 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 estrogen, […]
What is embolization? The word embolus comes from the Greek word embolos, which means a plug. It is a clot or other plugging material carried by blood from one site to another to obstruct the flow of blood. Embolization is pathologic when blood clot from a vein in the lower limb or the pelvis is […]