Successful Nonoperative Management of Bleeding Hepatic Artery Pseudoaneurysm following Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Background/Aims: To report the management of a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm presenting 35 days following a Whipple procedure. Methods: The case study of a patient with a bleeding pseudoaneurysm is presented. Results: Computed tomography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm which was successfully embolized...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Digestive surgery 1999-01, Vol.16 (6), p.528-530
Hauptverfasser:	Aranha, Gerard V., O’Neil, Stephen, Borge, Marc A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aneurysm, False - diagnostic imaging Aneurysm, False - therapy Angiography Case Report Embolization, Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - therapy Hepatic Artery - diagnostic imaging Humans Male Pancreatic Neoplasms - surgery Pancreaticoduodenectomy Postoperative Complications - diagnostic imaging Postoperative Complications - therapy Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Background/Aims: To report the management of a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm presenting 35 days following a Whipple procedure. Methods: The case study of a patient with a bleeding pseudoaneurysm is presented. Results: Computed tomography demonstrated a pseudoaneurysm which was successfully embolized. Conclusions: Acute gastrointestinal bleeding from a pseudoaneurysm in the hepatic artery following Whipple procedure can be successfully managed with transcatheter embolization.
ISSN:	0253-4886 1421-9883
DOI:	10.1159/000018783