| D004621 |
Embolization, Therapeutic |
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. |
Embolotherapy,Therapeutic Embolization,Embolizations, Therapeutic,Embolotherapies,Therapeutic Embolizations |
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| D005260 |
Female |
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Females |
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| D005781 |
Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable |
Sterile, gelatin-base surgical sponge applied topically as an adjunct to hemostasis when the control of bleeding by conventional procedures is ineffective to reduce capillary ooze or is impractical. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p797) |
Gelaspon,Gelfoam,Absorbable Gelatin Sponge,Absorbable Gelatin Sponges,Gelatin Sponges, Absorbable,Sponge, Absorbable Gelatin,Sponges, Absorbable Gelatin |
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| D006471 |
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage |
Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. |
Hematochezia,Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages,Hematochezias |
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| D006801 |
Humans |
Members of the species Homo sapiens. |
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man |
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| D000328 |
Adult |
A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. |
Adults |
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