Thermography of gluteal regions after hypogastric artery ligation

Thermographic examination of buttocks of 7 patients after hypogastric artery ligation using non-absorbable suture has been performed. In 6 patients the possibility of eventual recanalization has been eliminated by aortography, in 1 patient by pelvic angioscintigraphy. Repeated thermographic examination of 3 patients after bilateral ligation has shown no anomalous results. In 1 among 4 patients after unilateral ligation a cooler area could be repeatedly observed on the ipsilateral side. Thermography, in combination with other methods of examination, seems to be suitable for complex study of the state of circulation after hypograstric artery ligation, performed to stop a life-threatening hemorrhage.