Interventional Radiology in Trauma Victims: Analysis of 51 Consecutive Patients

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Abstract
Injured patients whose treatment included the use of radiologic catheter techniques were reviewed to determine the clinical utility of radiologic intervention. In the past 4 yr, 51 patients underwent 53 radiologic procedures, predominantly angiographic hemostasis. Of 45 sites of hemorrhage from the neck, abdomen, pelvis and extremities, 38 were successfully controlled. Nine of 11 abscesses were adequately drained and definitively treated by percutaneous methods. Of the 31 patients with shock or with life-threatening hemorrhage or sepsis, treated by the radiologist, 28 were salvaged. Apparently, a radiologist, knowledgeable about trauma and expert in catheter techniques, plays a vital role in improving patient survival and should be integrated into the trauma team approach.

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