title: Interventional radiology in trauma victims: analysis of 51 consecutive patients.
abstract: Injured patients whose treatment included the use of radiologic catheter techniques were reviewed to determine the clinical utility of radiologic intervention. In the past 4 years, 51 patients have undergone 53 radiologic procedures, predominantly angiographic hemostasis. Thirty-eight of 45 sites of hemorrhage from the neck, abdomen, pelvis, and extremities were successfully controlled. Nine of 11 abscesses were adequately drained and definitively treated by percutaneous methods. Twenty-eight of the 31 patients with shock or with life-threatening hemorrhage or sepsis, treated by the radiologist, were salvaged. Based on our results, we believe that a radiologist, knowledgeable about trauma and expert in catheter techniques, plays a vital role in improving patient survival and should be integrated into the trauma team approach.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002404:Catheterization; D003422:Critical Care; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy