Selective arterial embolization of the vesical arteries in the mnagement of intractable bladder hemorrhage

Abstract EN

-Bleedingfrom a bladder tumor is a common presenta-tion.

Most bleeding can be managed conservatively but on certain occasions bleeding can be severe and hard to con-trol.

Sixteen patients who were presented with severe in-tractable bleeding secondary to bladder tumors andfailed conservative management, underwent embolization of branches ofthe hypogastric arteries to control bleeding.

Effective control of bleeding was achieved in 15 patients (94 %).

In this review we /)resent our experience in the man-agement of intractable bleedingfrom bladder tumors by percutanous emobolization in respect of technical success, technique and complications