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Transcatheter arterial embolization in the management of tumours of the urinary tract |
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| Authors: | L Vlahos A Giannopoulos G Caridis P Giannopoulos V Benakis C Dimopoulos G Pontifex |
| Abstract: | The technique of transcatheter arterial embolization in the management of malignant tumours of the urinary tract and in particular of the kidneys and bladder is described. The results in a series of 10 patients (9 with hypernephroma and 1 with a carcinoma of the bladder) are analyzed and the advantages as well as the dangers of this method in the management of operable and nonoperable tumours of the kidneys are discussed. |
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