Partial Splenic Embolization in a Cirrhotic Patient with Thrombocytopenia and a Traumatic Brain Injury: A Nontraditional Application of an Established Treatment Modality

摘要

Splenic embohzation was first performed on a human patient by Maddison in 1973 when an autologous clot was successfully used to embolize the splenic artery of a patient with recurrent hemorrhagic esophageal varices. [...] splenic embolization and partial splenic embohzation (PSE) have been used sporadically to manage the complications of portal hypertension, including bleeding varices and hypersplenism.