Long MA, McIvor J. Renal artery embolization with ethanol and gelfoam for the treatment of ureteric fistulae with one year follow-up.
Clin Radiol 1992;
46:270-2. [PMID:
1424451 DOI:
10.1016/s0009-9260(05)80169-2]
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Abstract
Two patients with ureteric fistulae who were unfit for reconstructive surgery were treated by renal ablation using intra-arterial ethanol, gelfoam fragments and in one case coils. In both cases the fistulae dried-up on the same day and both patients are well and normotensive a year later. Our conclusion is that renal ablation by arterial embolization with ethanol can be a valuable alternative to surgery to treat ureteric fistulae in patients who are poor surgical risks.
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