[Therapeutic embolization for traumatic renal haemorrhage. 11 cases (author's transl)].
Therapeutic embolization by means of autologous clots or fragments of gelatin sponge was carried out in 11 patients suffering from renal haemorrhage of traumatic origin (5 needle biopsies, 3 surgical operations, 2 external traumas, 1 penetrating wound). Arterio-venous fistulae were present in 6 cases and arterial lesions in 5. Performed with a fine catheter, embolization was highly selective for the segmental arteries involved. The clinical symptoms disappeared within less than 12 hours in three patients, within 2 to 4 days in five and within 15 days in one. In two patients haematuria was only temporarily arrested ; a second embolization could be performed in one of these, but nephrectomy was required in the other.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000293:injuries*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
Embolisation thérapeutique après traumatisme rénal. 11 observations.