Young Shamar, Rostambeigi Nassir, Golzarian Jafar
Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Semin Intervent Radiol. 2021 Nov 24;38(5):535-541. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1736658. eCollection 2021 Dec.
Embolization is an important and widely utilized technique in interventional radiology. There are a variety of different categories and individual products which can be utilized to perform embolization. Understanding the different classes of embolic agents, the important features of each of these classes including strengths and limitations, and the variation in individual products within the classes is critical for interventional radiologist to practice safely and effectively. This article reviews the different kinds of embolics and relays some of the pertinent physical and chemical properties of individual products which should be considered when determining which embolic to select for a given purpose.
栓塞术是介入放射学中一项重要且广泛应用的技术。有多种不同类型和单个产品可用于进行栓塞术。了解不同类别的栓塞剂、这些类别中每一种的重要特征(包括优点和局限性)以及类别内单个产品的差异,对于介入放射科医生安全有效地开展工作至关重要。本文回顾了不同种类的栓塞物,并阐述了在确定为特定目的选择哪种栓塞物时应考虑的单个产品的一些相关物理和化学特性。