Alcohol occlusion of segmental renal arteries as alternative to kidney resection.
Treatment of postoperative urine leakage after a lower pole resection by embolic occlusions of segmental arteries using pure ethanol in a thirty-four-year-old man is described. There were no postoperative complications, and follow-up examination at two years showed a functioning but small kidney in a patient without symptoms.
D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D000431:Ethanol; D006801:Humans; D007670:Kidney Calices / Q000503:physiopathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000431:Ethanol