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Materials and methods for transcatheter vascular occlusion: Some personal, practical views

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Editor's Note When Gelfoam is used in powder form-as suggested by Rösch, Keller, and Dotter-great caution should be exercised to avoid tissue infarction. Gelfoam pledgets lodge proximally, while powder occludes small arterioles and capillaries and may result in tissue necrosis.

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Rösch, J., Keller, F.S. & Dotter, C.T. Materials and methods for transcatheter vascular occlusion: Some personal, practical views. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 3, 242–243 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552733

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