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Extracranial Embolization

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Extracranial embolization procedures are therapeutic endovascular occlusions of vessels outside the cranial cavity. This chapter covers head and neck transarterial embolization procedures, percutaneous procedures, and spinal embolization.

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Harrigan, M.R., Deveikis, J.P. (2013). Extracranial Embolization. In: Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointerventional Technique. Contemporary Medical Imaging, vol 1. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-946-4_8

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