Experience in Diagnosis and Treatment of Bleeding Complications in Severe Acute Pancreatitis by TAE
- Author:
Feng ZHOU
1
;
Chunyou WANG
;
Jiongxin XIONG
;
Chidan WAN
;
Chuansheng ZHENG
Author Information
1. Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Keywords:
severe acute pancreatitis;
intra-abdominal bleeding;
erosive/infected pseudoaneurysm;
transcatheter arterial embolization
- From:
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
2005;25(2):182-184
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The experience in diagnosis and treatment of bleeding complications in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) by transcatheter arterial embolization was summarized. The clinical data of 19 SAP patients complicated with intra-abdominal bleeding in our hospital from Jan. 2000 to Jan. 2003 were analyzed retrospectively and the therapeutic outcome of TAE was evaluated statistically. The results showed that the short-term successful rate of hemostasis by TAE was 89.5 % (17/19), the incidence of re-bleeding after TAE was 36.8 % (7/19) and the successful rate of hemostatis by second TAE was 71.4 % (5/7). It was concluded that the intra-abdominal bleeding in SAP was mainly caused by the rupture of erosive/infected pseudoaneurysm. Mostly, the broken vessels were splenic artery and gastroduodenal artery. In terms of emergence hemostatis, TAE is the most effective method. Surgical hemostasis is necessary if hemostasis by TAE is failed or re-bleeding occurs after TAE.
