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Mechanism and Approach to Fractured Filters
The unintended consequence of implanted medical devices, like inferior vena cava filters, is metallic component fatigue and fracture. Filter fragments pose potentially dire health risks to patients, both immed...
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Vena Cava Filter Retrieval with Aorto-Iliac Arterial Strut Penetration
To evaluate the safety and technical success of inferior vena cava (IVC) filter retrieval in the setting of aorto-iliac arterial strut penetration.
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IVC filter placements in children: nationwide comparison of practice patterns at adult and children’s hospitals using the Kids’ Inpatient Database
Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement in children has been described in literature, but there is variability with regard to their indications. No nationally representative study has been done to compare pr...
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Sustained safety and efficacy of extended-shelf-life 90Y glass microspheres: long-term follow-up in a 134-patient cohort
To validate our initial pilot study and confirm sustained safety and tumor response of extended-shelf-life 90Y glass microspheres. We hypothesized that for the same planned tissue dose, the increase in number of ...
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Treating and Downstaging Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Caudate Lobe with Yttrium-90 Radioembolization
This study was designed to determine the technical feasibility, safety, efficacy, and potential to downstage patients to within transplantation criteria when treating patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HC...
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Radiologic–Pathologic Correlation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Chemoembolization
To correlate posttreatment radiologic and pathologic findings in patients who underwent transarterial chemoembolization before transplantation or resection. Thirty-five patients with postchemoembolization foll...
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How to Interpret Thyroid Biopsy Results: A Three-Year Retrospective Interventional Radiology Experience
Results of thyroid biopsy determine whether thyroid nodule resection is appropriate and the extent of thyroid surgery. At our institution we use 20/22-gauge core biopsy (CBx) in conjunction with fine-needle as...
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Hepatic Abscess After Yttrium-90 Radioembolization for Islet-Cell Tumor Hepatic Metastasis
Infectious complications after yttrium-90 (y-90) radioembolization of hepatic tumors are rare. Most reports describe hepatic abscesses as complications of other locoregional therapies, such as transcatheter ar...
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A Simple Fluoroscopic Approach to Percutaneous Transgastric Cystgastrostomy with Internalized Drainage Catheter for Treatment of Pancreatic Pseudocysts: Report of Two Cases
With the emergence of minimally invasive techniques, percutaneous drainage has been applied to the management of symptomatic pancreatic pseudocysts in lieu of conventional surgical or endoscopic therapy. Percu...
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Radiologic findings following Y90 radioembolization for primary liver malignancies
A therapy gaining rapid clinical adoption involves radioembolization with the use of Yttrium-90 (90Y) microspheres. The 20–60 μm-sized microspheres are injected trans-arterially and flow to hepatic tumors give...
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Radiographic Response to Yttrium-90 Radioembolization in Anterior Versus Posterior Liver Segments
The purpose of our study was to determine if preferential radiographic tumor response occurs in tumors located in posterior versus anterior liver segments following radioembolization with yttrium-90 glass micr...
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Radioembolization with 90Y Microspheres: Angiographic and Technical Considerations
The anatomy of the mesenteric system and the hepatic arterial bed has been demonstrated to have a high degree of variation. This is important when considering pre-surgical planning, catheterization, and trans-...
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Sac Hygroma After Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Successful Treatment with Endograft Relining
Aneurysm sac expansion following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is typically associated with endoleaks that can be readily diagnosed on computed tomographic angiography (CTA), ultrasound,...
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Comparison of Pain After Uterine Artery Embolization Using Tris-Acryl Gelatin Microspheres Versus Polyvinyl Alcohol Particles
When compared in a uterine artery embolization (UAE) animal model, Embospheres (ES) (Biosphere Medical, Rockland, MA) were found to induce less uterine ischemia than polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) particles. Given th...
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Treatment of Stomal Variceal Hemorrhage with TIPS: Case Report and Review of the Literature
We report a case in which recurrent hemorrhage from stomal varices was successfully treated by placement of a TIPS in a patient with prior colectomy for inflammatory bowel disease. Although several treatment o...
