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Therapeutic Embolization with Detachable Balloons

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Therapeutic Angiography

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Abstract

In our first 18 months’ clinical experience with embolization in the chest and abdomen using detachable balloons, successful results were obtained in 34 of 38 patients. One and 2-mm detachable silicone balloons, which can occlude vessels 4-8 mm in diameter, were employed. Prolonged balloon inflation was routinely achieved using iso-osmotic iodipamide meglumine as the filler and limiting inflation volumes to experimentally determined maximums. Improvements in introducer catheter design simplified delivery of the balloon into a variety of circulations.

Detachable balloons are not suitable for all embolization purposes, and they are frequently used in conjunction with other agents. When used properly, balloons produce a permanent occlusion that is extremely selective and potentially reversible up to a certain point in the procedure. The balloon technique enables the angiographer to occlude vessels at distances of 2-10 mm beyond the introducer catheter, thus avoiding the need for subselective catheterization and minimizing the dangers of inadvertent embolization.

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  1. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and the Division of Comparative Medicine and the Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Robert I. White Jr. M.D., Klemens H. Barth, Stephen L. Kaufman, Vincent DeCaprio & John D. Strandberg

  2. Biomedical Engineer, Becton-Dickinson Corporation, Rutherford, New Jersey, 07070, USA

    Vincent DeCaprio

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  1. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Christos A. Athanasoulis M.D.

  2. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Herbert L. Abrams M.D.

  3. Radiologisches Zentrum, Klinikum NĂĽrnberg, FlurstraĂźe 17, D-8500, NĂĽrnberg, Germany

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White, R.I., Barth, K.H., Kaufman, S.L., DeCaprio, V., Strandberg, J.D. (1981). Therapeutic Embolization with Detachable Balloons. In: Athanasoulis, C.A., Abrams, H.L., Zeitler, E. (eds) Therapeutic Angiography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95382-8_6

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