["Someone stepped on the catheter". Apropos of a case report of periprostatic arteriovenous fistula treated with embolization].
Intractable bleeding occurred in patient who has his inflated balloon catheter accidentally torn out. Treatment by bilateral transcatheter embolization of the hypogastric arteries was successful. The indications, technical requirements and complications of this method are reviewed.
Baron
J C
JC
Service d'urologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris.
Teillac
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Adjiman
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Le Doze
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H
Le Duc
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D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*
"On a marché sur la sonde". A propos d'une observation de fistule artério-veineuse périprostatique traitée par embolisation.