Superselective embolization for control of facial haemorrhage

A case on the successful management of acute facial bleeding from the maxillary artery by superselective embolization is described. A 26-year-old male sustained a gunshot wound (GSW) to the face leading to profuse bleeding from the site of bullet entry, the nose and the mouth. Local measures failed...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Injury 2004-04, Vol.35 (4), p.435-438
Hauptverfasser:	Baqain, Zaid H, Thakkar, Chandra, Kalavrezos, Nicholas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Case report Diseases of the osteoarticular system Embolization, Therapeutic - methods Endovascular treatment Facial haemorrhage Facial Injuries - diagnostic imaging Facial Injuries - therapy Gunshot wounds to the face Hemorrhage - diagnostic imaging Hemorrhage - therapy Humans Male Maxillary Artery - diagnostic imaging Maxillary Artery - injuries Medical sciences Penetrating facial injury Radiography Superselective embolization Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Wounds, Gunshot - diagnostic imaging Wounds, Gunshot - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	A case on the successful management of acute facial bleeding from the maxillary artery by superselective embolization is described. A 26-year-old male sustained a gunshot wound (GSW) to the face leading to profuse bleeding from the site of bullet entry, the nose and the mouth. Local measures failed to arrest the bleeding. The patient was stabilised haemodynamically, then the source of bleeding was located by angiography and the bleeding was arrested by superselective embolization.
ISSN:	0020-1383 1879-0267
DOI:	10.1016/j.injury.2003.09.001