Kalideen JM, Rawat F, Naidu JS. Transcatheter embolization of the internal thoracic artery for post-traumatic haemorrhage. A case report.
S Afr Med J 1983;
64:494-5. [PMID:
6623231]
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Abstract
In certain cases transcatheter embolization is an accepted technique for the control of arterial bleeding. A case is described in which post-traumatic haemorrhage from the internal thoracic artery was successfully controlled by embolization, thereby avoiding thoracotomy.
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