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INTRODUCTION: The hematuria, one of the main motives of urologic consultations, is produced by an extensive number of urinary pathologies from infections to cancer. The management of hematuria can require the action of Interventional Radiology in those cases in which the pathology is outside of surgery therapy. This is an approximation less invasive for the management of this pathology. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective review of 6 cases of supraselective embolization of bladder arteries with micropaticles in intractable macroscopic hematuria with associated anemia. Short and extensive monitoring. RESULTS: Four patients had a favorable evolution, with disappearance of macroscopic hematuria at 48 hours of the procedure. In two cases it was necessary a second endovascular procedure (coils) one week later. The patients did not present complications related to the intervention during the period of current monitoring. CONCLUSION: In ineligible patients for surgical resolution of hematuria or in those with failure of habitual processing, the selective embolization seems to be a viable alternative and without immediate complications for the management. Studies with greater number of cases and more prolonged monitoring are required to test this hypothesis.
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Embolization, Therapeutic/methods , Hematuria/therapy , Urinary Bladder/blood supply , Aged , Arteries , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
Introducción: La hematuria, uno de los principales motivos de consulta urológica, es producida por un amplio número de patologías desde infecciones urinarias hasta neoplasias malignas. El manejo de la hematuria incoercible puede requerir la acción de Radiología Intervencional en aquellos casos en que la patología queda fuera del alcance terapéutico habitual. Esta es una aproximación menos invasiva para el tratamiento de esta patología. Material y métodos: Revisión retrospectiva de 6 casos de embolización supra selectiva de arterias vesicales con micropartículas, en hematurias macroscópica incoercible. Seguimiento a corto y mediano plazo. Resultado: Cuatro pacientes tuvieron una evolución favorable, con desaparición de la hematuria macroscópica a las 48 horas del procedimiento. En dos casos se requirió de un segundo procedimiento endovascular (coils) a una semana. Los pacientes no presentaron complicaciones relacionadas a la intervención, durante el período de seguimiento. Discusión: En pacientes no aptos para resolución quirúrgica de hematuria o en aquellos con falla de tratamiento habitual, la embolización supraselectiva parece ser una alternativa viable y sin complicaciones inmediatas. Se requieren estudios con seguimiento más prolongado y mayor número de casos para probar esta hipótesis (AU)
Introduction: The hematuria, one of the main motives of urologic consultations, is produced by an extensive number of urinary pathologies from infections to cancer. The management of hematuria can require the action of Interventional Radiology in those cases in which the pathology is outside of surgery therapy. This is an approximation less invasive for the management of this pathology. Material and Methods: Retrospective review of 6 cases of supra selective embolization of bladder arteries with micropaticles in intractable macroscopic hematuria with associated anemia. Short and extensive monitoring. Results: Four patients had a favorable evolution, with disappearance of macroscopic hematuria at 48 hours of the procedure. In two cases it was necessary a second endovascular procedure (coils) one week later. The patients did not present complications related to the intervention during the period of current monitoring. Conclusion: In ineligible patients for surgical resolution of hematuria or in those with failure of habitual processing, the selective embolization seems to be a viable alternative and without immediate complications for the management. Studies with greater number of cases and more prolonged monitoring are required to test this hypothesis (AU)
