Catheter-directed Middle Hemorrhoidal Artery Embolization for Life-threatening Rectal Bleeding

Overview

Journal Can J Gastroenterol

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2007 Feb 15

PMID 17299617

Citations 5

Authors

Mubin I Syed

Najeeb Chaudhry

Azim Shaikh

Kamal Morar

Kumar Mukerjee

Earl Damallie

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Abstract

Over the past 10 years, arteriography has become a well-established technique for the diagnosis of acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding, but not particularly for rectal bleeding. However, to the authors' knowledge, the technique of middle hemorrhoidal artery embolization has rarely been reported in the literature. In the present report, three patients with life-threatening rectal bleeding are presented, which was controlled by superselective embolization of the middle hemorrhoidal artery or selective embolization of the internal iliac artery as a last resort.

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