Alcohol occlusion of segmental renal arteries as alternative to kidney resection

Urology. 1985 Apr;25(4):361-2. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(85)90487-x.

Abstract

Treatment of postoperative urine leakage after a lower pole resection by embolic occlusions of segmental arteries using pure ethanol in a thirty-four-year-old man is described. There were no postoperative complications, and follow-up examination at two years showed a functioning but small kidney in a patient without symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Embolization, Therapeutic*
  • Ethanol*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Calices / physiopathology
  • Kidney Diseases / etiology
  • Kidney Diseases / physiopathology
  • Kidney Diseases / therapy*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Renal Artery Obstruction / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Ethanol