Abstract:Objective
To date, transcatheterarterial embolization (TAE) has become a standard treatment to control intracavitary bleeding as an alternative to surgery. Due to excellent biocompatibility and no residual in vivo, biodegradable embolic materials are ideally preferred in TAE. However, only gelfoam is the commercially available biodegradable embolic material used in treating blunt trauma of solid abdominal viscera until now. And its stability and reliability are controversial in the past five decades. Thus, ou… Show more
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