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Transradial Access Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients
Published on: September 20, 2020
[Gastrointestinal bleeding. Diagnostics and therapy by interventional radiology]
1Klinik für Radiologische Diagnostik, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Medizinische Fakultät der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule. wingen@rad.rwth-aachen.de
Abstract:
Modern imaging modalities such as (multislice) helical CT allow new diagnostic strategies for gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Today, interventional radiology with superselective transcatheter embolization or TIPS procedures allow minimally invasive therapeutic management which can support or replace surgery. This review is a synopsis of the possibilities and relative merits of diagnostic and therapeutic radiological procedures for gastrointestinal bleeding. Which of them to use should be decided collaboratively by gastroenterologist, surgeon, and radiologist depending on local availability, personal experience, and individual patient factors.
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