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Arterial embolization for traumatic hemobilia with hepato-portal fistula

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A case of blunt liver trauma complicated by delayed upper gastrointestinal bleeding, probably hemobilia, was successfully treated by intra-arterial embolization. Laparotomy with liver resection or hepatic artery ligation—procedures that carry a high morbidity and mortality in a critically ill patient—were avoided. Embolization techniques can be a valuable alterantive to surgery in the mangement of hepatic trauma with delayed hemorrhage in selected, high-risk cases

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  1. School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

    Sadashiv S. Shenoy M.D., Jacob Bergsland & Frank B. Cerra

  2. Department of Radiology, Buffalo General Hospital, 100 High Street, 14203, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Sadashiv S. Shenoy M.D., Jacob Bergsland & Frank B. Cerra

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Shenoy, S.S., Bergsland, J. & Cerra, F.B. Arterial embolization for traumatic hemobilia with hepato-portal fistula. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 4, 206–208 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02552425

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