title: [Embolization of traumatic hemorrhages].
abstract: This retrospective study of 17 patients evaluates the effectiveness of angiographic embolization as a treatment for traumatic hemorrhage. Bleeding was caused by external trauma in 8 patients and by iatrogenic trauma in 9 patients. Embolization was only performed if contrast-extravasation or a pseudoaneurysm could be visualized. In 16 of 17 patients immediate technical and clinical success was achieved. Over a 30-day follow-up period 3 patients died of multi-organ failure, toxic hepatitis and neurotrauma. In conclusion, embolization is a highly efficient and safe technique.
authors.affiliation: Dep. of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mels
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Defreyne
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kunnen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*