Higgins C B, Bookstein J J, Davis G B, Galloway D C, Barr J W
Radiology. 1977 Feb;122(2):473-8. doi: 10.1148/122.2.473.
Intractable, chronic vaginal and/or vesicle bleeding complicating pelvic cancers in five women was treated by transcatheter embolization of the hypogastric artery or its branches. Bleeding was presumed to be from hypervascular granulation tissue formed in response to irradiation in two patients and from tumor tissue in three. The embolic materials were Gelfoam and Oxycel reinforced autologous clots. Bleeding was stopped or reduced in volume by at least 90% in each patient. This form of therapy was useful even though bleeding site was not demonstrated angiographically.
五名患有盆腔癌并伴有难治性慢性阴道和/或膀胱出血的女性接受了经导管对腹下动脉或其分支的栓塞治疗。两名患者的出血被推测是由放疗后形成的高血管化肉芽组织引起的，三名患者的出血被推测是由肿瘤组织引起的。栓塞材料为明胶海绵和氧化纤维素强化的自体血凝块。每名患者的出血均停止或出血量至少减少了90%。即使血管造影未显示出血部位，这种治疗方式也是有效的。
