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Tract Embolization

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Used in various procedures and implies plugging the biopsy or drainage track using a hemostatic agent (Cowan and Traill 1998; Rosen and Rothberg 1982; Nakagawa and Nakajima 1994;Shiham and Siddiqi 2005;Allison 1988;Lyon 2006;Riddle and Bilal 2008;Androussi 2005;Schmitz-Rode and Blaum and Bourgouin and Shepard 1998

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Behrens, G., Patel, N.H. (2010). Tract Embolization. In: Kessel, D., Ray, C. (eds) Transcatheter Embolization and Therapy. Techniques in Interventional Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-897-7_31

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