Clinical Outcome of Intra-Arterial Embolization for Treatment of Patients with Pelvic Trauma

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Purpose.

To analyse the technical success of pelvic embolization in our institution and to assess periprocedural hemodynamic status and morbidity/mortality of all pelvic trauma patients who underwent pelvic embolization.

Methods.

A retrospective analysis of patients with a pelvic fracture due to trauma who underwent arterial embolization was performed.

Clinical data, pelvic radiographs, contrast-enhanced CT-scans, and angiographic findings were reviewed.

Subsequently, the technical success and peri-procedural hemodynamic status were evaluated and described.

Results.

19 trauma patients with fractures of the pelvis underwent arterial embolization.

Initially, 10/19 patients (53%) were hemodynamically unstable prior to embolization.

Technical success of embolization was 100%.

14/19 patients (74%) were stable after embolization, and treatment success was high as 74%.

Conclusion.

Angiography with subsequent embolization should be performed in patients with a pelvic fracture due to trauma and hemodynamic instability, after surgical intervention or with a persistent arterial blush indicative of an active bleeding on CT.