1. Percutaneous Arterial Embolization in the Management of Rectus Sheath Hematoma
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Jordi Rimola, Jordi Branera, Joan Falcó, Anna Massuet, Jose Ramón Fortuño, and Joan Perendreu
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Percutaneous ,genetic structures ,Transcatheter embolization ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Rectus Abdominis ,Radiography, Interventional ,Muscular Diseases ,Humans ,Medicine ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Embolization ,Rectus sheath hematoma ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Hematoma ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Arterial Embolization ,Angiography, Digital Subtraction ,Interventional radiology ,General Medicine ,Digital subtraction angiography ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Embolization, Therapeutic ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Abdomen ,Female ,Radiology ,business - Abstract
OBJECTIVE. Spontaneous rectus sheath hematoma can become clinically relevant and necessitate hemostatic intervention. The aim of this study was to describe the efficacy of percutaneous arterial embolization in the management of this condition.CONCLUSION. Selective transcatheter embolization is effective hemostatic treatment of patients with large, clinically relevant rectus sheath hematoma.
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- 2007
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