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The spleen

Interventional procedures

The most important interventional procedures are guided fine-needle biopsy, the percutaneous drainage of splenic abscesses and embolization of the splenic artery in bleeding or splenomegaly. Embolization for the latter indication carries a considerable risk of infection.

David J. Allison and Carl-Gustaf Standertskjold-Nordenstam