title: Liquid Embolization with Onyx in a Technically Challenging Case of Acute Upper GI Bleeding.
abstract: Conventional embolization such as coiling of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding may be rendered impossible or unsuitable due to anatomical and technical factors. Liquid (Onyx) embolization in such situations may prove valuable and life saving, though literature on the subject, particularly of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal ulcer, is sparse. We present a technically challenging case of acutely rebleeding duodenal ulcer embolized successfully using ethylene polyvinyl alcohol polymer (Onyx).
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Interventional Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, NBG, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Arindam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bharadwaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, THG, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Gayatri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Madhab
keywords: Angiography; Duodenal ulcer; Embolization; Onyx; Upper GI bleeding