[Palliative disconnection of the kidney by transcatheter arterial embolization (author's transl)]

To eliminate urine production of one Kidney transcatheter embolization of the renal artery was performed in 11 patients with mallignant tumors in the area of the pelvis; in addition to the abave procedure in 9 patients a urinary; diversion by transrenal catheter and a ureteric ligation of the opposite side was also carried out. The therapy is of palliative character and signifies the smallest intervention possible to most treat effectively involuntary urination caused by urine fistulas, painful pollakisuria caused by shrinking bladders, and to treat painful hydronephrosis caused by tumors and the like.