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Transcatheter Embolization of Internal Pudendal Artery Pseudoaneurysm Following Traumatic Urethral Catheterization

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Urethral catheterization is a routine procedure. We report an unusual complication due to a traumatic urethral catheterization. The resulting pseudoaneurysm of the bulbar artery required selective embolization of the internal pudendal artery.

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  1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, CI/1, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Shrawan K. Singh & Pankaj Wadhwa

  2. Department of Radiodiagnosis, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    J. R. Bapuraj

  3. Department of Nephrology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

    Vivekanand Jha

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Singh, S.K., Wadhwa, P., Bapuraj, J.R. et al. Transcatheter Embolization of Internal Pudendal Artery Pseudoaneurysm Following Traumatic Urethral Catheterization. Int Urol Nephrol 37, 93–94 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11255-004-4698-0

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