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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Embolization, Therapeutic
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Embolización Terapéutica
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Embolização Terapêutica
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Synonyms English:
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Embolotherapy
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Tree Number:
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E02.520.360
E02.926.500
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Definition English:
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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. |
Indexing Annotation English:
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coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /surg
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History Note English:
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76
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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4695
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Unique Identifier:
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D004621
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