Superselective transcatheter embolization of traumatic renal hemorrhage.
Selective angiography is an established diagnostic modality in acute renal trauma [1-3]. Renal hemorrhage, once demonstrated by angiography, can then be treated by arterial embolization [4-5]. This paper describes the successful transcatheter management of a renal laceration in a patient with multiple injuries secondary to an abdominal gunshot wound. Adominal exploration had established that the renal hemorrhage could not be surgically controlled without performing a nephrectomy.
D000328:Adult; D001027:Aortography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot