title: Selective transcatheter embolization of a pediatric postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula.
abstract: A rare case of postnephrectomy arteriovenous fistula of the right renal pedicle of a 6-year-old boy is reported. The diagnosis was made by clinical signs and confirmed by colored duplex sonography and angiography. Successful treatment was achieved by percutaneous transcatheter embolization using coils.
authors: Department of Urology, University of Saarland, Homburg, FRG.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Steffens
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Defreyne
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Kramann
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Hoffmann
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000628:therapy*; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*