Search Results for "Spleen Embolization Uva"
Original Source: Embolization Therapy for Traumatic Splenic Lacerations.
PURPOSE: This study was designed to evaluate the clinical success, complications, and transfusion requirements based on the location of and agents used for splenic artery embolization in patients with splenic trauma. METHODS: A retrospective study was performed of patients with splenic trauma who underwent angiography and embolization from September 2000 to January 2010 at a level I trauma center. Electronic medical records were reviewed for demographics, imaging data, technical aspects of the procedure, an...
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Located under your left lung, beneath the diaphragm, the spleen has two functions; lymphocyte production (which takes place in the white pulp) and filtration of the blood by phagocytes to remove mic...
Gaucher's (go-SHAYZ) disease occurs when certain harmful fatty substances accumulate to excessive levels in your liver, spleen, lungs, bone marrow and, less commonly, brain. This accumulation of...
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia ALL
Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a life-threatening disease in which the cells that normally develop into lymphocytes become cancerous and rapidly replace normal cells in the bone marrow. ALL acc...
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia CLL
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a disease in which mature lymphocytes become cancerous and gradually replace normal cells in lymph nodes. CLL mainly affects elderly males in North America and Europe...
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Fully-retractable embolization coil introduced by Cook Medical
Cook Medical has launched a new fully-retractable .035 inch embolization coil, intended for peripheral arterial and venous embolization. Embolization is a nonsurgical, minimally invasive procedure per...
A Spleen Gene-and a Ribosomal Surprise
The spleen is a very unappreciated body part. The Talmud considered it the "organ of laughter," whereas the ancient Greeks equated it with melancholy. Today it's sometimes used to mean anger.When a sp...
Cook Medical launches new fully-retractable embolization coil
Cook Medical has introduced a new fully-retractable .035 inch embolization coil for use in nonsurgical, minimally invasive embolization procedures.
Embolization Promising for Enlarged Prostate (CME/CE)
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- Prostatic artery embolization could provide a new treatment option for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia, early results from the first prospective U.S. trial suggest...
Fully-Retractable Embolization Coil Helps Control Bleeding
A new fully retractable embolization coil offers a nonsurgical, minimally invasive surgery procedure to block or reduce blood flow...
Fibroid embolization fails more in young women
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women who undergo uterine artery embolization for uterine fibroids are more likely to have a recurrence than older women are, a new study finds.
Accelerons ACE-536 Corrects Anemia and Iron Overload in Preclinical Model of Beta-Thalassemia
Positive effects also demonstrated on reducing spleen size and life-threatening iron overload in the spleen, kidney and liver
Stiff Spleen Predicts Decompensation in Cirrhotic Patients
For compensated cirrhotic patients with hepatitis C, spleen stiffness and MELD score independently predict decompensation, resulting in a predictive model. Medscape Medical News
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Transcatheter N-butyl Cyanoacrylate Embolization of Pseudoaneurysms.
PURPOSE:: To report clinical experience with N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) for embolization of pseudoaneurysms at various locations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:: Retrospective study of patients with pseudoa...
INTRODUCTION: The spleen is the second most frequently injured organ following blunt abdominal trauma. Trends in management have changed over the years. Traditionally, laparotomy and splenectomy was t...
PURPOSE: To determine whether transcatheter arterial embolization performed in the setting of active gastric or duodenal nonvariceal hemorrhage is efficacious when the bleeding s...
Preoperative liquid embolization of cerebeller hemangioblastomas using N-butyl cyanoacrylate.
INTRODUCTION: We aim to present and discuss clinical outcomes of preoperative liquid embolization of hemangioblastomas (HB) using N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA)....
Preoperative embolization in the treatment of spinal metastasis.
Because of advances in the treatment of cancer, the average rate of patient survival is increasing. As patients with cancer live longer, the incidence of spinal metastasis also likely will increase. T...
