Gelatin Sponge
Miyuki Sone • Yasuaki Arai Gelatin sponge (GS) has been used worldwide for more than 40 years for various embolization procedures. Although it was originally developed as a surgical hemostatic…
INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY
Pushable Coils
Keigo Osuga Pushable coils have been widely used for mechanical occlusion of peripheral and visceral vessels because they are relatively inexpensive, easily available, and simple to handle. Since the original…
Catheters and Catheterization Techniques
Susie J. Park • Gary P. Siskin Throughout this textbook, there are several chapters that focus on the embolic agents used for embolization and many more chapters focusing on the…
Detachable Coils
Craig Greben • Eric J. Gandras • Jason J. Naidich Guido Guglielmi, the father of the detachable coil, stated that the development of this device was the result of the…
Percutaneous Hepatic Perfusion
Krishna Kandarpa Surgically unresectable metastases confined to the liver are the life-limiting component of disease for many patients with melanoma, whether ocular or cutaneous in origin. Hepatic metastases are present…
Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization (Conventional and with Drug-Eluting Beads) and Radioembolization
Julius Chapiro • Rafael Duran • Jean-François Geschwind Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (IHC) is the second most common primary hepatic neoplasm after hepatocellular carcinoma.1 With an annual incidence of 5,000 new cases…
Vascular Plugs
Sang Joon Park Percutaneous embolization has become a common procedure to treat acute bleeding and vascular abnormalities. A permanent occlusion can be created with an embolization procedure with various embolic…
Strategies for the Development of an Embolotherapy Service
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Sclerosing Agents
Jordan C. Tasse • Bulent Arslan • Ulku Cenk Turba Sclerosing agents represent another category of liquid embolic agents. They act by damaging endothelial cells, leading to an inflammatory fibrosis…
Spherical Embolic Agents
Alan D. Birney • Gary P. Siskin Since 1974, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) particles have been used as a particulate agent for embolization procedures.1 However, as experience was gained with this…
