Embolization techniques in the urinary tract.
Transcatheter embolization of genitourinary pathology has enjoyed widespread acceptance over the past several years. In many centers, preoperative embolization of hypervascular renal-cell carcinomas has become a routine practice and, in patients deemed unresectable, may be used as a primary form of therapy. The authors present the indications for embolization and discuss relevant technical points.
D000307:Adrenal Gland Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000628:therapy; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011317:Priapism / Q000628:therapy; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D014646:Varicocele / Q000628:therapy