How to Use embolization in a Sentence

embolization

noun
Definition of embolizationnext
  • Many times, embolization patients go home the same day or the next.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2018
  • Doctors do that with an embolization, meaning a catheter is snaked into the blood vessels of the kidney to find the right one and block it.
    — Washington Post, 15 May 2018
  • There’s a variety of things an embolization can be used for.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 14 May 2018
  • While few details have been released about Trump's treatment, an embolization is a procedure that blocks blood flow to a problem area of the body.
    — Carolyn McAtee Cerbin, USA TODAY, 3 June 2018
  • These include: Uterine embolization, a procedure that involves cutting off the blood supply to the uterus to stop the growth of fibroids.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • If your symptoms still flare up, your doctor might try methods like a myomectomy (removing the fibroid) or embolization to cut off the blood flow to these growths.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Fat embolization occurs when globules of fat break free from surrounding tissue and travel through the body, becoming lodged in blood vessels or the lungs and blocking the flow of blood or oxygen.
    — Health.com, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Uterine artery embolization, for instance, can block blood supply to the fibroids by injecting tiny plastic pellets into the vessels that supply blood to the fibroid.
    — Hilda Hutcherson, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • After further tests, doctors realized that her symptoms were caused by fat embolization.
    — Health.com, 25 Sep. 2017
  • The embolization procedure was successful and was carried out without complications, the White House said.
    — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 14 May 2018
  • The procedure Trump underwent, an embolization that cuts off the blood supply to the kidney, typically only requires a day of recovery.
    — Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 19 May 2018
  • Doctors not involved in the first lady’s care said embolization is commonly used to remove a type of noncancerous kidney tumor called an angiomylipoma.
    — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2018
  • Still, embolization kills some surrounding healthy kidney tissue, which causes swelling and pain as a patient recovers, so a longer stay could be helpful or necessary, doctors said.
    — New York Times, 14 May 2018
  • Among patients having uterine fibroid embolization, studies show a 13% rate of a repeat procedure after year and 32% at five years, according to Cleveland Clinic.
    — Sarah Bradley, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • But a friend suggested something else: uterine fibroid embolization.
    — al, 21 June 2022
  • Grisham's initial statement described the embolization as successful and said there were no complications.
    — Darlene Superville, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2018
  • In some cases, doctors can perform an embolization, says Frey: With the expertise of a radiologist, doctors cut off the blood flow feeding the fibroids, which essentially shrinks the problematic lumps.
    — Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 11 May 2018
  • Bailey had her fibroids removed through a less-invasive procedure called uterine fibroid embolization.
    — Devi Shastri, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022
  • This morning, first lady Melania Trump underwent an embolization procedure to treat a benign kidney condition.
    — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 14 May 2018
  • Two urologists who have no personal knowledge of Mrs. Trump’s condition said the most likely explanation for the embolization procedure is a type of noncancerous kidney tumor called an angiomyolipoma.
    — Darlene Superville, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2018
  • The administration did not elaborate on the condition or the operation, described as an embolization procedure.
    — Maggie Fox, Jamie Gumbrecht and Jen Christensen, CNN, 2 Oct. 2020
  • In 2015, Mutare had another miscarriage, forcing her to consider a fibroid embolization, a noninvasive procedure used to shrink fibroid tumors.
    — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, 31 July 2020
  • The paper details doctors’ experience diagnosing and treating a patient who developed a rare but serious condition called fat embolization syndrome shortly after a routine nip and tuck.
    — Health.com, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Uterine Artery Embolization Also called uterine fibroid embolization, this procedure deprives fibroids of their lifeblood—literally.
    — Amanda Gardner, Health, 24 Jan. 2023

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