title: Direct percutaneous transrenal embolization for renal artery injury following percutaneous nephrostomy.
abstract: The use is reported of percutaneous transrenal embolization for renal artery injury during percutaneous nephrostomy. If a nephrostomy catheter is seen to transfix the renal pelvis, the possibility of injury to a large renal artery must be considered. The misplaced nephrostomy catheter should be withdrawn over a guidewire. Percutaneous renal artery embolization may enable rapid arrest of life threatening haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Z C
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Traill
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: F V
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Gleeson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed