title: Arterial embolization in the treatment of severe blunt hepatic trauma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Authors stress the role of arterial embolization in the treatment of severe blunt hepatic trauma, with stable hemodynamic conditions, but with continuous bleeding, demonstrated by computed tomography scan.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients with hepatic blunt trauma were evaluated with hemodynamic and radiological follow-up. When computed tomography scan showed continuous bleeding, arterial embolization was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Arterial embolization was performed on 9 patients, 8 cases successfully. Only one patient required surgical treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results show that arterial embolization is useful and effective in the treatment of severe blunt hepatic trauma when, in spite of stable hemodynamic state, computed tomography scan shows persistent bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento dell'Emergenza e Trapianti d'Organo, Università di Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Francioso
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pratichizzo
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Testini
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Impedovo
authors.forename: Giovanni Carlo
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ettorre
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*