Superselective arterial embolization in the liver transplant recipient: A safe treatment for hemobilia caused by percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage
Kenneth L. Croutch, Roy L. Gordon, Ernest J. Ring, Robert K. Kerlan, Jeanne M. Laberge, John P. Roberts – 1 March 1996 – Transcatheter arterial embolization is widely used to treat life‐threatening iatrogenic hemobilia, although in the transplanted liver its use has only been reported in two cases. To evaluate more fully whether transcatheter embolization is safe and effective in transplant recipients, we retrospectively reviewed eight cases of severe hemobilia. These occurred after 128 percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage procedures performed during a 6‐year period.