Embolization of rectal arteries: an alternative treatment for hemorrhagic shock induced by traumatic intrarectal hemorrhage.
Rectal injuries caused by foreign bodies or iatrogenic insertions may lead to severe complications whose therapeutic management remains controversial. At times, both the rapid identification and treatment of subsequent active rectal bleeding may be challenging, especially when endoscopy fails to locate and control the arterial hemorrhage. We present the first two successful cases of middle rectal artery embolization in patients presenting with sustained bleeding and hemorrhagic shock.
Pichon
Nicolas
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Dupuytren University Hospital, 2 Avenue Martin Luther King, Limoges, 87042, France. nicolas.pichon@unilim.fr
François
Bruno
B
Pichon-Lefièvre
Florence
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Mathonnet
Murielle
M
Maubon
Antoine
A
Vignon
Philippe
P
D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed