the insertion of a substance through a catheter into a blood vessel to stop hemorrhaging, or excessive bleeding.
(em-bowl-uh- zay-shun): a type of treatment that reduces the blood supply to the cancer by the injection of materials to plug up the artery that supplies blood to the tumor.
This procedure is done to block off or close blood vessels. This treatment can often significantly improve venous and arterivenous malformations , as well as other vascular malformation problems, such as Klippel Trenaunay or Kaposiform Hemangendothelioma . A catheter is inserted into the blood vessel and an angiogram is performed (see above.) A substance is then injected into the vessel to seal off blood flow. This substance can be tiny particles, a liquid, coils, or a gel. This procedure may also be done to minimize bleeding before surgery.
A treatment that is delivered to a localized area by blocking the flow of blood to the area, such as the blood supply to a tumor.
is the process of occlusion by emboli.
a procedure done during angiography which involves blocking the blood vessels supplying blood to the tumor
A treatment for some vascular abnormalities that involves the injection of material via a catheter (tube) into the center of a malformation.
The process by which a blood vessel or organ is obstructed by an embolus or other mass.
A treatment that clogs small blood vessels and blocks the flow of blood
The movement of a blood clot, piece of tissue, or pocket of air or gas from where it forms through the bloodstream until it lodges in place, cutting off the flow of blood with its oxygen and tissue nutrients. Catheter embolization is the deliberate introduction of foreign ("embolic") material such as gelatin sponge or metal coils to stop bleeding or cut off blood flowing to a tumor or arteriovenous malformation.
the introduction of a mass such as an air bubble or blood clot into the blood stream that can block a blood vessel and diminish the blood supply to the organ or structure supplied by that vessel.
Procedure by which abnormal blood vessels are blocked.
The process or condition in which a blood vessel is blocked.
Purposefully inserting a material into a blood vessel to block it.
The blocking an artery by a clot or foreign material. This can be done as treatment to block the flow of blood to a tumor.
inserting material, coil or glue, into an aneurysm so blood can no longer flow through it.
Embolization is a type of treatment that involves cutting off the flow of blood that feeds a growing tumor, causing the tumor to regress.
Embolization is a non-surgical, minimally-invasive procedure performed by interventional radiologists and interventional neuroradiologists involving selective occlusion of blood vessels, by purposely introducing emboli. It is used to treat such conditions as aneurysms, epistaxis, AVMs and uterine fibroids.