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Transcatheter embolization of hepatic arteriovenous fistulas for control of hemobilia

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Two cases of traumatic hemobilia are presented in which hemorrhage was controlled by transcatheter vascular occlusion with stainless steel coils. Embolie therapy was safely performed without liver necrosis, despite the presence of portal hypertension in 1 patient. The technique is a useful alternative to surgery, which did not control hemorrhage in 1 case.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Robert A. Clark & David P. Colley

  2. Department of Radiology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

    R. Terrell Frey

  3. Department of Radiology, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Covington, Kentucky, USA

    Walter R. Eiseman

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Clark, R.A., Frey, R.T., Colley, D.P. et al. Transcatheter embolization of hepatic arteriovenous fistulas for control of hemobilia. Gastrointest Radiol 6, 353–356 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01890285

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