Managing vulvovaginal hematoma by arterial embolization as first-line hemostatic therapy

• Main Authors: Kenjiro Takagi (Author), Keiko Akashi (Author), Isao Horiuchi (Author), Eishin Nakamura (Author), Koki Samejima (Author), Junko Ushijima (Author), Tomohisa Okochi (Author), Kohei Hamamoto (Author), Keisuke Tanno (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: A puerperal vulvovaginal hematoma may continue to grow after a surgical procedure and may require blood transfusion. Thus, we selected arterial embolization for hemostasis as the first-line management in two cases of large vulvovaginal hematoma. Materials and methods: Case 1 was a 32-year...