Embolization, Therapeutic
"Embolization, Therapeutic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D004621
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.520.360 E02.926.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Embolization, Therapeutic- Embolization, Therapeutic
- Embolotherapy
- Embolotherapies
- Therapeutic Embolization
- Embolizations, Therapeutic
- Therapeutic Embolizations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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