Endovascular embolization therapy has made remarkable progress during the past two decades, driven primarily by improvements in digital imaging, breakthroughs in microcatheter technology and coil design, and the development of new embolic materials. Initially employed in the management of musculoskeletal trauma, embolization therapy now has a wide range of applications. It permits effective non-operative management of major hepatic, splenic, and renal injuries that once posed a tremendous challenge to the trauma surgeon and has also become an integral facet of the modern oncology center.

Further important indications include uterine fibroids, vascular malformations, visceral aneurysms and GI bleeding. This volume and volume 2 present the current state of the art in this exciting and growing field. High informational content is supplemented by detailed graphics, providing a comprehensive reference work for both experts and novices in the field.

General Principles

Embolotherapy: Basic Principles and Applications
Embolization Tools
Controlled Delivery of Pushable Fibered Coils for Large Vessel Embolotherapy
Work-up and Follow-up after Embolization
GI
Upper GI Bleeding
Embolization for Lower GI Bleeding
Haemobilia and Bleeding Complications in Pancreatitis
Balloon-occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Gastric Varices in Portal Hypertension
Gynecology and Obstetrics
Interventional Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage
Uterine Fibroid Embolization: Practice Development
Pre-op Work-Up and Post-op Care of Uterine Fibroid Embolization
Fibroid Embolization: Anatomy and Technical Considerations
Results and Complications
How to Minimize Failure after UFE
Perspectives
Pelvic Congestion Syndrome
Genitourinary
Varicocele Embolization
Embolization Therapy for High-Flow Priapism
Aortic-Iliac
Endoleak: Definition, Diagnosis, and Management
Internal Iliac Artery Embolization in the Stent-Graft Treatment of Aortoiliac Aneurysms
Respiratory System
Bronchial Artery Embolization
Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations.