Safety and efficiency of femoral artery access closure with a novel biodegradable closure device: a prospective single-centre pilot study.

Objectives: Vascular closure devices can accelerate haemostasis after arteriotomy, but induce scarring. The aim of the study was to prospectively analyse the feasibility of a novel biodegradable arterial closure device (CD).

Methods: Two hundred fifty-five patients (183 male; age 36-98 years) with an access vessel diameter >3 mm received the biodegradable CD after endovascular therapy.

Treatment of male varicoceles by transcatheter polidocanol foam sclerotherapy: evaluation of clinical success, complications, and patients' satisfaction with regard to alternative techniques.

Objectives: We report our experience with polidocanol foam sclerotherapy with no additional coils, evaluating clinical success, patients' satisfaction, and complications.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 141 patients with 146 varicoceles (mean age: 29.3 years; range: 13 - 60 years) who underwent foam sclerotherapy with polidocanol 2% (range: 2 - 12 ml) in an outpatient setting between January 2007 and December 2013.