Distal splenic artery embolization with a flow-directed balloon catheter. 1985

M Mazer, and C W Smith, and V N Martin

We describe the improved ability to catheterize the distal splenic artery consistently using a flexible, flow-directed, 5-F, Swan-Ganz catheter so as to embolize the spleen beyond any pancreatic branch origins to achieve the safe treatment of hypersplenism.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006971 Hypersplenism Condition characterized by splenomegaly, some reduction in the number of circulating blood cells in the presence of a normal or hyperactive bone marrow, and the potential for reversal by splenectomy. Anemia, Splenic,Anemias, Splenic,Splenic Anemia,Splenic Anemias
D002404 Catheterization Use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity for injecting or withdrawing fluids for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It differs from INTUBATION in that the tube here is used to restore or maintain patency in obstructions. Cannulation,Cannulations,Catheterizations
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
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013157 Splenic Artery The largest branch of the celiac trunk with distribution to the spleen, pancreas, stomach and greater omentum. Arteries, Splenic,Artery, Splenic,Splenic Arteries

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