Treatment of hemorrhage from renal trauma by angiographic injection of clot.
Experimental results in rats and modest clinical experience now indicate that persistent or massive hemorrhage from renal trauma can be treated by injection of clot(under angiographic control) into the bleeding vessels. There is minimal loss of renal tissue and an operation is avoided.
D000792:Angiography; D000818:Animals; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D051381:Rats; D012077:Renal Artery; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000601:surgery