Embolization Therapy for Pancreas-Related Bleeding: A Retrospective Analysis With Focus on End-Organ Ischemia

Moritz Wildgruber1, Maximilian Huff, Reinhard Meier

  • 1Division of Interventional Radiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich Germany, Department of Clinical Radiology, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany moritz.wildgruber@tum.de; Division of Interventional Radiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany; Department of Surgery, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Radiology, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany; Department of Clinical Radiology, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster, Germany; Division of Interventional Radiology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Pancreas
|February 11, 2017
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