EMBOLOTHERAPY
\ɛmbˈɒlə͡ʊθˌɛɹəpi], \ɛmbˈɒləʊθˌɛɹəpi], \ɛ_m_b_ˈɒ_l_əʊ_θ_ˌɛ_ɹ_ə_p_i]\
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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.
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