Biomaterial Database

Interventional radiology. Application to family practice. 1996

M Asch, and P K Law, and N Jaffer

Department of Medical Imaging, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ont.

New minimally invasive interventional radiologic procedures are being developed and refined. These alternatives to standard surgical treatments have fewer complications, shorter hospital stays, and lower costs. A variety of procedures that assist in both benign and malignant diseases are particularly suited for palliative care in end-stage malignancy.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007246	Infertility	A reduced or absent capacity to reproduce.	Sterility,Reproductive Sterility,Sterility, Reproductive,Sub-Fertility,Subfertility
D007582	Jejunostomy	Surgical formation of an opening through the ABDOMINAL WALL into the JEJUNUM, usually for enteral hyperalimentation.	Jejunostomies
D009369	Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms.	Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D010166	Palliative Care	Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed)	Palliative Treatment,Palliative Supportive Care,Palliative Surgery,Palliative Therapy,Surgery, Palliative,Therapy, Palliative,Care, Palliative,Palliative Treatments,Supportive Care, Palliative,Treatment, Palliative,Treatments, Palliative
D011655	Pulmonary Embolism	Blocking of the PULMONARY ARTERY or one of its branches by an EMBOLUS.	Pulmonary Thromboembolism,Thromboembolism, Pulmonary,Embolism, Pulmonary,Embolisms, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Embolisms,Pulmonary Thromboembolisms,Thromboembolisms, Pulmonary
D002405	Catheterization, Central Venous	Placement of an intravenous CATHETER in the subclavian, jugular, or other central vein.	Central Venous Catheterization,Venous Catheterization, Central,Catheterization, Central,Central Catheterization,Catheterizations, Central,Catheterizations, Central Venous,Central Catheterizations,Central Venous Catheterizations,Venous Catheterizations, Central
D004322	Drainage	The removal of fluids or discharges from the body, such as from a wound, sore, or cavity.
D005194	Family Practice	A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.	Family Practices,Practice, Family,Practices, Family
D005774	Gastrostomy	Creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastrointestinal compression.	Gastrostomies
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man