Splenic embolization requires specialized facilities and staff, including a vascular surgeon or interventional radiologist. They need to be experienced in carrying out a certain type of artery ...

For this reason, doctors will usually try to preserve a portion of your spleen or opt for splenic embolization. About 10% to 40% of people with splenic injuries will need surgery.

On Jan. 12, pitcher Carl Pavano , currently a free agent, slipped while shoveling snow and suffered a ruptured spleen . According to Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune , the seemingly ...

By the time he finally had surgery to remove the spleen, on Jan. 19, ... Doctors there gave Pavano a blood transfusion and performed splenic embolization, blocking the blood supply to his spleen.

But on Monday, doctors revealed the extent of Pillen’s injuries, explaining that he sustained a spleen injury that required surgery. The governor underwent a coil embolization, which doctors ...

After her surgery, while in an induced coma, Finch said doctors decided to perform spleen embolization to cut off 50-70% blood flow to her spleen. The procedure is meant to help platelets remain in ...

The impact of refinement in technique with limited volume embolization (50-70%) of the spleen upon morbidity and mortality has not been well studied. Methods: A retrospective review of ...

Nebraska's Republican Gov. Jim Pillen was in intensive care at a hospital on Monday to be treated for injuries after he was thrown off a horse while riding with his family the day before.

Blood transfusion, splenic artery embolization and balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration of gastric varices. Immediate postprocedural CT scans of the abdomen, ...

Splenic artery embolization (SAE), a procedure to block the blood supply to the spleen via the splenic artery, is sometimes performed before the surgery for cases of massive increase in size of ...