massive blood loss during tonsillectomy treated with selective embolization using microcoils and coaxial catheters. A case report;Un caso di emorragia massiva durante tonsillectomia trattata con embolizzazione mediante sistema con cateteri coassiali e microspirali

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-320

  Salerno, Sergio ^a,c   Belli, Anna Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Via Olimpo 12 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0033201782     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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