Giant Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm of the Cavernous Segment.

A 70-year-old woman with a history of hypertension developed acute onset of severe tightness headache accompanied by vomiting. Patient reported having right diplopia and occasional and temporary right peripheral facial paralysis for two weeks. Neurological examination revealed only a right squint.

Non-invasive removal of self-locking entrapped nephrostomy tubes.

Introduction: The removal of an encrusted nephrostomy tube can be a challenging maneuver. Urological literature is very bare in detailing techniques for removal of entrapped percutaneous catheters. We present a simple, safe and non-invasive technique of nephrostomy removal using a vascular introducer sheath, useful to manage complicated situations such as nephrostomies blocked for severe encrustations or disabled in their self-locking system.

Materials and techniques for percutaneous retrieval of intravascular foreign bodies.

The presence of an intravascular foreign body represents a well-known risk of serious complications. While in the past surgical removal of intravascular foreign body was the most common intervention, nowadays a percutaneous approach in the retrieval of an intravascular foreign body is widely accepted as the first-line technique. In the literature, many case reports describe different techniques and materials.

Endovascular treatment with flow-diverting stents of symptomatic superior mesenteric artery after dissection aneurysm.

Isolated and spontaneous superior mesenteric artery dissection is a rare cause of acute abdominal pain. Whereas there is widespread consensus on conservative treatment of asymptomatic forms, revascularization would seem indicated in symptomatic complicated cases. A 73-year-old man presented with worsening epigastric pain.

Innovative percutaneous antegrade clearance of intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary stones with the use of a hysterosalpingography catheter.

Objectives: We present a novel modified technique of percutaneous antegrade clearance of intrahepatic and common bile duct stones with the use of a hysterosalpingography balloon (HSG) catheter.

Methods: Technical tips and techniques used, along with the clinical results obtained in six patients whom we treated over a 6-month period have been described.

Results: The HSG balloon catheter is shown to demonstrate superior pushability, flexibility, and maneuverability in comparison with other previously described compliant balloons.

Hepatic arterial infusion of doxorubicin-loaded microsphere for treatment of hepatocellular cancer: a multi-institutional registry.

Background: Hepatic intra-arterial therapy for unresectable hepatocellular cancer (HCC) has been shown to improve overall survival, but can have significant toxicity. A recent prospective randomized controlled trial demonstrated superior response rates and significantly less morbidity and doxorubicin-related adverse events with drug-eluting beads with doxorubicin (DEBDOX) compared with conventional chemoembolization. The aim of this study was to confirm the efficacy of DEBDOX for the treatment of unresectable HCC.