Deshmukh, HemantRathod, KrantikumarGarg, AshwinSheth, RahulKulkarni, Suyash2004-03-052009-05-292004-03-052009-05-292004-03-05Deshmukh H, Rathod K, Garg A, Sheth R, Kulkarni S. Transcatheter embolization as primary treatment for visceral pseudoaneurysms in pancreatitis: clinical outcome and imaging follow up. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. 2004 Mar-Apr; 23(2): 56-8http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/64397BACKGROUND: Pseudoaneurysm formation is an uncommon but fatal complication of pancreatitis. The morbidity and mortality associated with surgical management is high. Transcatheter embolization is a definitive minimally invasive form of treatment. AIM: To review our experience with transcatheter embolization as a therapeutic modality for pseudoaneurysms complicating pancreatitis. METHODS: This retrospective analysis included data of 30 patients (mean age 37 years, range 25 to 65; 24 men) with visceral pseudoaneurysms secondary to pancreatitis, who underwent diagnostic angiography and transcatheter embolization, during the period March 1993 to February 2003. RESULTS: In 29 patients the pseudoaneurysms were successfully isolated from the circulation, and hemostasis was achieved. Re-bleeding occurred in one patient, for which re-embolization was done. Twenty-nine patients improved clinically. One patient in whom the pseudoaneurysm was successfully embolized died due to septicemic shock. CONCLUSION: Endovascular embolization is a safe and effective non-surgical modality of treatment for visceral pseudoaneurysms complicating pancreatitis.engAdultAgedAneurysm, False --complicationsAngiography --methodsCatheterizationCeliac ArteryChildEmbolization, Therapeutic --methodsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGastrointestinal Hemorrhage --complicationsHumansMesenteric ArteriesMiddle AgedPancreatitis --complicationsRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentSeverity of Illness IndexSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeJournal Article