Hemorrhage secondary to pelvic fracture: Coil embolization of an aberrant obturator artery

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 676-680

  Daeubler, Bernd ^a   Anderson, Suzanne E ^a   Leunig, Michael ^a   Triller, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corona mortis; Embolotherapy; External iliac artery; Hemorrhage; Internal iliac artery; Microcoils; Obturator artery; Pelvic fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES;

EID: 0141478924     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2003)010<0676:HSTPFC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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