Selective arterial embolisation for hepatic trauma

Pain, J.A.; Heaton, N.D.; Karani, J.B.; Howard, E.R.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 73(3): 189-193

1991


ISSN/ISBN: 0035-8843
PMID: 2042900
Document Number: 383715
The technique of selective arterial embolisation for patients presenting with major hepatic trauma is described. We have used this technique successfully in four patients, three of whom had continued bleeding after emergency laparotomy. It can abolish localised intrahepatic arterial haemorrhage and arteriovenous shunting. Selective embolisation may prove to be a useful technique in reducing the mortality of major hepatic trauma.

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