title: Renal artery embolization for the treatment of renal artery pseudoaneurysm following partial nephrectomy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Renal artery pseudoaneurysm following open, laparoscopic, or robotic-assisted nephrectomies is a relatively rare but serious complication. Selective renal artery embolization is an interventional radiologic procedure that can be used to successfully treat this postoperative complication.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present 2 cases of renal artery pseudoaneurysm, both of which were successfully treated by renal artery embolization, and briefly describe the technical aspects of and clinical indications for this angiographic procedure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unlike other imaging modalities, angiography shows the anatomic location of a pseudoaneurysm so the interventional radiologist can quickly treat this potentially life-threatening condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
authors.forename: Cara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Irwine
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.forename: James Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Milburn
keywords: Aneurysm–false; angiography; embolization–therapeutic; renal artery