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Intractable Postpartum Hemorrhage Resulting from Uterine Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Superselective Arteriographic Embolization via the Collateral Route

Authors: Halil Dönmez, M. Halil Öztürk, Fatma Gürgen, Serra Ö. Soylu, Baki Hekimoglu

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 2/2007

Abstract

We present a patient with intractable postpartum hemorrhage resulting from uterine artery pseudoaneurysm despite bilateral hypogastric artery ligation who was successfully treated by an endovascular approach via the collateral route. Although there is a good argument for postponing surgery until transcatheter embolization has been attempted, this case shows that embolization can still be successful even if the iliac vessels have been ligated.

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Title: Intractable Postpartum Hemorrhage Resulting from Uterine Artery Pseudoaneurysm: Superselective Arteriographic Embolization via the Collateral Route
Authors: Halil Dönmez
M. Halil Öztürk
Fatma Gürgen
Serra Ö. Soylu
Baki Hekimoglu
Publication date: 01-04-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 2/2007
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-006-0043-6

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