The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol 62, Issue 6 1000-1003, Copyright © 1980 by Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
Transcatheter embolization for the control of wound hemorrhage following hip surgery
JR Stock, CA Athanasoulis, WH Harris, AC Waltman, RA Novelline and AJ Greenfield
Angiography was done on sixteen patients with excessive bleeding from the
wound following major hip surgery. In ten patients the bleeding site was so
identified and the vessel was embolized with autologous clot or surgical
gelatin. In six patients no site of bleeding could be seen. There was one
angiographic complication: distal embolization to the popliteal artery. We
concluded that angiography often may be helpful in localizing the site of
excessive postoperative bleeding from a wound, and transcatheter
embolization of the bleeding vessel then can be effective in controlling
such bleeding.