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Preoperative arterial embolization is used in pulmonary disease to reduce intraoperative blood loss resulting from exposure of extensive adherent pleura due to repeated inflammation. Between January 1996 and February 2001, 5 patients underwent surgery with this procedure. Underlying diseases were 3 cases of aspergilloma and 1 each of chronic expanding hematoma and lung cancer. All embolization was permanent, involving coil insertion. Surgical treatment was successful in all 5 patients without mortality. Such preoperative management proved useful in reducing intraoperative blood loss in hypervascular collateral feeding vessels in the area of resection or decortication.
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Sakuragi, T., Sakao, Y., Natsuaki, M. et al. Arterial embolization to preoperatively manage pulmonary disease associated with inflammation. Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 50, 125–128 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02913475
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02913475