Application of Temporary Filter During Percutaneous Transcatheter Embolization with Macro Coils of High-flow Massive Renal Arteriovenous Fistula

AbstractAngiographic evaluation and management of renal arteriovenous fistula (AVF) with embolization has become the treatment of choice replacing, in most of the cases, surgical intervention.We describe a case of a high-flow post-traumatic massive renal AVF in a 37-year-old man successfully treated with detachable stainless steel macro coils in which a temporary filter was applied to avoid coil migration. The use of a suprarenal retrievable filter, a minimally invasive manoeuvre, could considerably improve the safety of macro coils embolization of massive renal AVFs