Bioresorbable thermo-responsible injectable hydrogel for temporary tract embolization in interventional radiology

• Main Author: Tan, Pei Leng
• Other Authors: Subramanian Venkatraman
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67631
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Liver biopsy involves the needle extraction of a small suspicious lesion liver tissue for diagnosis which leaves behind a tract cavity in the liver site. In more fatal complications it will result in severe haemorrhage and as such tract embolization is commonly employed as a post biopsy procedure to...