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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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Lumbar artery injury: A rare source of perirenal hematoma following percutaneous renal procedures
Pankaj N Maheshwari1, Nick Okwi1, Rajat Bhargava2
1 Department of Urology, Fortis Hospital Mulund, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Radiology, Fortis Hospital Mulund, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Pankaj N Maheshwari
Department of Urology, Fortis Hospital Mulund, Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/iju.IJU_29_18
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Vascular complications are the most feared complication of percutaneous renal procedures. Hematuria and perirenal hematomas, if they occur, usually arise from injury to renal arteries or its branches. Lumbar artery injury after percutaneous renal procedures is a rare occurrence. We report two cases of lumbar artery injury: one after antegrade ureteric stenting and the other after percutaneous renal biopsy. Both were successfully treated by transcatheter embolization. |
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