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- noun Alternative spelling of
embolization .
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Examples
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It said that "in breach of duty of care to Maisha there was an inadvertent injection of polymerised glue into the right internal carotid during the embolisation procedure on 2 June 2010."
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Angiography can identify feeder vessels and offers the possibility of embolisation in the same setting.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Anosheh Vakil-Adli 2010
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A newer approach is the uterine artery embolisation (UAE), performed under local anaesthetic where a catheter is inserted into the arteries that feed the uterus.
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The primary outcome was the incidence of severe postpartum haemorrhage in vaginal deliveries, defined as a composite of one or more of blood transfusion, intravenous plasma expansion, arterial embolisation, surgical procedure, admission to an intensive care unit, treatment with recombinant factor VII, and death.
Latest headlines from BMJ Zhang, W.-H., Deneux-Tharaux, C., Brocklehurst, P. 2010
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Angiography can identify feeder vessels and offers the possibility of embolisation in the same setting.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Anosheh Vakil-Adli 2010
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The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (TOG) examines the evidence on pregnancy outcomes following uterine artery embolisation (UAE), a treatment for fibroids. 1 The authors underline the potential reproductive risks of UAE, and urge caution in recommending this treatment to women who wish to become pregnant in the future.
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With a generous .025 inch inner diameter, MiraFlex High Flow enables optimal coil delivery and can be used in combination with a wide variety of embolisation materials, including the top-selling MicroNester® and Tornado® Microcoils ™ from Cook.
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Cook Medical, the world sales leader in the embolisation market, has received CE Mark approval for its MiraFlex ™ High Flow Microcatheter.
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"With gastric artery chemical embolisation, called GACE, there's no major surgery," said Aravind Arepally, clinical director of the Centre for Bio-engineering Innovation, design and associate professor of radiology and surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The Times of India 2008
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Specially engineered to complement the existing offering of Cook embolisation products and coils, MiraFlex High Flow embodies the latest innovation in microcatheter technology designed to enhance traceability necessary for accessing the most distal vasculature.
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