Evaluation of low-viscosity intravascular silicone rubber with scanning electron microscope.
A low-viscosity silicone rubber polymer used as an intravascular embolization material was studied with the aid of a scanning electron microscope. The silicone polymer became permanently affixed to the vessel endothelium without observable morphologic changes in the endothelium. No evidence of late recanalization of the embolized vessels was found in our experimental sections.
D000818:Animals; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D004727:Endothelium / Q000166:cytology; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000166:cytology*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D051381:Rats; D012826:Silicone Elastomers / Q000592:standards*
D012826:Silicone Elastomers