Subselective embolization for non-neoplastic conditions of the kidney

Three patients in our institution underwent subselective arterial embolization for treatment of intractable renal hemorrhage. In all three patients control of bleeding was obtained. The only complication encountered was a non-occlusive dissection of a segmental renal branch in one patient. Although some tissue infarction will result, less renal parenchyma will be lost than is the case with surgical treatment.