Renal artery embolization for kidney trauma.

Arch Ital Urol Androl

Divisione di Urologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, Milano, Italy.

Published: December 2007

Kidney trauma occurs in approximately 1-5% of all traumas with the male to female ratio being 3:1. In this paper we reported two cases of male patients with kidney trauma treated by renal artery embolization. Endo-vascular embolization is an efficient method for the treatment of patient with severe renal haemorrhage preserving loss of renal parenchyma and renal function.

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