C Wang1, Q Mao, F Tan, B Shen. 1. Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Qingchun Road 79, Hangzhou, 310003, Zhejiang Province, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Renal hemorrhage is a potentially life-threatening event that may follow trauma, operation, biopsy, and sudden spontaneous rupture of renal tumors or aneurysms. Superselective renal artery embolization (SRAE) is a well-established method for such cases. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of SRAE in the treatment of renal hemorrhage at our institute. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We respectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent SRAE for renal hemorrhage from January 2005 to June 2012. Data on patients' characteristics, indications, requirement of pre-embolization blood transfusion, angiographic finding, location of bleeding site, embolization agents, post-embolization transfusion requirement, complications and the outcome were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 46 patients, aged 26-73 years, underwent SRAE because of hemorrhage after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (n = 25), partial nephrectomy (n = 6), renal biopsy (n = 2), trauma (n = 2), rupture of angiomyolipoma (n = 4), renal aneurysm (n = 1), and renal ateriovenous malformations (n = 6). A total of 41 patients (80.8 %) underwent successful embolization. Treatment failed in 5 patients with hemorrhage caused by percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Of these, four patients underwent a secondly superselective embolization and had a successful outcome. The remaining one was managed by conservative therapy with repeated blood transfusions. No patient required nephrectomy to save the life of the patient. No serious procedure-related complications occurred. CONCLUSIONS: SRAE is an effective and minimal invasive method for the control of renal hemorrhage. Our experience strongly recommended the first-line use of SRAE for severe renal hemorrhage.
BACKGROUND:Renal hemorrhage is a potentially life-threatening event that may follow trauma, operation, biopsy, and sudden spontaneous rupture of renal tumors or aneurysms. Superselective renal artery embolization (SRAE) is a well-established method for such cases. OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of SRAE in the treatment of renal hemorrhage at our institute. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We respectively reviewed the medical records of patients who underwent SRAE for renal hemorrhage from January 2005 to June 2012. Data on patients' characteristics, indications, requirement of pre-embolization blood transfusion, angiographic finding, location of bleeding site, embolization agents, post-embolization transfusion requirement, complications and the outcome were recorded. RESULTS: A total of 46 patients, aged 26-73 years, underwent SRAE because of hemorrhage after percutaneous nephrolithotomy (n = 25), partial nephrectomy (n = 6), renal biopsy (n = 2), trauma (n = 2), rupture of angiomyolipoma (n = 4), renal aneurysm (n = 1), and renal ateriovenous malformations (n = 6). A total of 41 patients (80.8 %) underwent successful embolization. Treatment failed in 5 patients with hemorrhage caused by percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Of these, four patients underwent a secondly superselective embolization and had a successful outcome. The remaining one was managed by conservative therapy with repeated blood transfusions. No patient required nephrectomy to save the life of the patient. No serious procedure-related complications occurred. CONCLUSIONS: SRAE is an effective and minimal invasive method for the control of renal hemorrhage. Our experience strongly recommended the first-line use of SRAE for severe renal hemorrhage.
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