Treatment of renal-vascular injury by transcatheter embolization: immediate and long-term effects on renal function.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of superselective embolization for treatment of renal-vascular injuries on renal function.

Patients And Methods: Between 1995 and 2004, four male patients and one female patient with a mean age of 45.4 years underwent embolization to control bleeding from renal-vascular injuries resulting from iatrogenic interventions (N = 4) or blunt abdominal trauma (N = 1).