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01-06-2013 | Case Report

Liquid Embolization with Onyx in a Technically Challenging Case of Acute Upper GI Bleeding

Authors: Arindam Bharadwaz, Gayatri Madhab

Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery | Special Issue 1/2013

Abstract

Conventional embolization such as coiling of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding may be rendered impossible or unsuitable due to anatomical and technical factors. Liquid (Onyx) embolization in such situations may prove valuable and life saving, though literature on the subject, particularly of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal ulcer, is sparse. We present a technically challenging case of acutely rebleeding duodenal ulcer embolized successfully using ethylene polyvinyl alcohol polymer (Onyx).

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Title: Liquid Embolization with Onyx in a Technically Challenging Case of Acute Upper GI Bleeding
Authors: Arindam Bharadwaz
Gayatri Madhab
Publication date: 01-06-2013
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: Indian Journal of Surgery / Issue Special Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0972-2068
Electronic ISSN: 0973-9793
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-013-0861-0

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