<unk>  involves the selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing<unk> li, in other words deliberately blocking a blood vessel.<unk>  is used to treat a wide variety of conditions affecting different organs of the human body. Bleeding The treatment is used to occlude: * Recurrent coughing up of blood * Cerebral aneurysm * Gastrointestinal bleeding * Nosebleed * Varicocele * Primary post-partum bleeding * Surgical bleeding *Traumatic bleeding such as splenic rupture or pelvic fracture Growths The treatment is used to slow or stop blood supply thus reducing the size of the tumour: * Kidney lesions * Liver lesions, typically hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Treated either by particle infarction or transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). * Uterine fibroids * Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) * Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma Malignant hypertension It could be useful for managing malignant hypertension due to end stage kidney failure. Other * Portal vein<unk>  prior to liver resection.
Embolization
Ballottement
Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization
Sclerotomy
Endovascular coiling
Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Angioplasty
Vacuolization