American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 128, Issue 5, 843-846
Copyright © 1977 by American Roentgen Ray Society
Superselective transcatheter embolization of traumatic renal hemorrhage
SD Richman,
WM Green,
R Kroll,
and
WJ Casarella
Selective angiography is an established diagnostic modality in acute renal trauma [1-3].Renal hemorrhage, once demonstrated by angiography, can then be treated by arterial embolization [4-5]. This paper describes the successful transcatheter management of a renal laceration in a patient with multiple injuries secondary to an abdominal gunshot wound. Adominal exploration had established that the renal hemorrhage could not be surgically controlled without performing a nephrectomy.