Complications arising from splenic artery embolization: A review of an 11-year experience

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-254

  Ekeh, Akpofure Peter ^a   Khalaf, Shaden ^a   Ilyas, Sadia ^a   Kauffman, Shannon ^b   Walusimbi, Mbaga ^a   McCarthy, Mary C ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Nonoperative management; Splenic embolization; Splenic trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLEEN CYST; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENIC ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPLEEN; SPLENIC ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84874114761     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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