Lipiodolized gelatin sponge: a simple method to make gelatin sponge radiopaque.
Gelatin sponge particles were rendered radiopaque by soaking them in small amounts of iodized oil (LP-GS). They were evaluated for their usefulness in transarterial embolization (TAE). The LP-GS particles were well visualized fluoroscopically during TAE. The duration of the opacity of LP-GS exceeded 24 hours both in vitro and in vivo. LP-GS are useful, and are an easily obtainable, radiopaque, embolic material.
Tamura
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Department of Radiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Japan.
Kihara
Y
Y
Yuki
Y
Y
Sugimura
H
H
Shimizu
T
T
Nishikawa
T
T
Asato
M
M
Adjei
O N
ON
Tong
X Q
XQ
Watanabe
K
K
Hasui
Y
Y
D003287:Contrast Media; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005781:Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable; D006801:Humans; D007459:Iodized Oil; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013997:Time Factors
D003287:Contrast Media; D007459:Iodized Oil