A 72-year-old woman with chronic hepatitis C infection (viral load 5 million) and cirrhosis was recently diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma. She presents to the emergency deparment overnight with significant hematemesis of red blood and clots. The patient is resuscitated, intubated for airway protection, and emergent upper endoscopy is performed. The gastric varix starts to bleed, and you decide to inject it with n-buytl-2-cyanoacrylate glue mixed with lipiodol for hemostasis. What is the purpose of mixing cyanoacrylate glue with lipoidal?
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