Cases report: severe colonic bleeding in ulcerative colitis is refractory to selective transcatheter arterial embolization.

Jose Miranda-BautistaLucía DiéguezGracia Rodríguez-RosalesIgnacio Marín-JiménezLuis A Menchen

Published in: BMC gastroenterology (2019)

Transcatheter arterial embolization is not an effective therapeutic approach in UC patients with severe, acute colonic haemorrhage. Colectomy should not be delayed in this setting.

Keyphrases

ulcerative colitis
atrial fibrillation
early onset