The first lady's office said she underwent an embolization in her kidney. What is that exactly?

第一夫人办公室表示，她接受了肾脏栓塞手术。具体来说这是什么手术？

Embolization is used to block the blood supply to an artery. It's a standard procedure.

栓塞术用来中断动脉的血液供应。这是普通的手术。

[Dr. Park] Should we be trying to reverse the embolization?

- [博士。 Park]我们应该尝试扭转栓塞吗？

The procedure, a surgical treatment known as embolization, is a minor one, but she didn't resurface until 24 days later.

她接受的手术，一项名为“栓塞”的外科手术，只是一起小手术，但她24天后才再次露面。

When I think of anyone, especially a female in their 40s or 50s, having an embolization, that's the first thing that comes to mind.

在我思考患者进行栓塞术的原因时，尤其是四五十岁的女性患者，那是我首先想到的原因。

Since then he's been undergoing a series of embolization procedures to cut off blood flow to the affected vessels-the last just four days before his onstage collapse.

从那以后，他一直在接受一系列的栓塞手术，以切断流向受影响血管的血液——就是他在舞台上崩溃前的前四天。

While undergoing the embolization process-They've knocked out about 75 percent of the mass, he says-White had kept up his touring schedule, often appearing onstage just days after a treatment.

在接受栓塞治疗的过程中——“他们已经切除了75%的肿瘤，”他说——怀特继续着他的巡回演出，经常在治疗后几天就登台演出。