Direct percutaneous transrenal embolization for renal artery injury following percutaneous nephrostomy.
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 The misplaced nephrostomy catheter should be withdrawn over a guidewire.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.
Cowan
N C
NC
Department of Radiology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Traill
Z C
ZC
Phillips
A J
AJ
Gleeson
F V
FV
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