Endovascular Treatment of Peripheral Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs): Do Angiographic Outcomes Relate to the Quality of Life?

Purpose: Patients with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have a lower health-related quality of life (QoL) than the general population. QoL assessment of patients with peripheral AVMs after endovascular treatment is scarce in the literature. Radiologic and clinical outcomes are not always correlated in vascular malformation treatment.

Endovascular management of renal angiomyolipomas: Do coils have a benefit in terms of clinical success rates?

PURPOSE This study evaluated single center results of endovascular treatment in renal angiomyolipoma (AML) to determine whether there is clinical relevance of adding proximal coil embolization to distal particle embolization in terms of safety, efficacy and retreatment rates. METHODS A retrospective analysis was performed to evaluate patients undergoing transarterial embolization for renal AMLs from January 2007 to October 2020. Parameters regarding patient and tumor characteristics, embolization technique, treatment outcome and complications were recorded.

Fluorescence-guided extended pelvic lymphadenectomy during robotic radical prostatectomy.

We evaluated and described the impact of prostatic indocyanine green (ICG) injection on extended pelvic lymph node (LN) dissection (ePLND) in robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Between January 2019 and December 2021, we included consecutive 50 PCa patients who underwent ePLND during RARP with (n = 25) or without (n = 25) prostatic ICG injection. ICG injection was performed during abdominal port placement and robot docking.

Pathological Accuracy in Prostate Cancer: Single-Center Outcomes of 3 Different Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Targeted Biopsy Techniques and Random Systematic Biopsy.

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare systematic, cognitive fusion, in-bore, and software fusion prostate biopsies regarding rates of and risk factors for pathological upgrading.

Material And Methods: Charts of 291 patients with systematic biopsy (n = 105), magnetic resonance imaging- targeted cognitive fusion (n = 58), in-bore (n = 68), and software fusion biopsy (n = 60), and who subsequently underwent radical prostatectomy were retrospectively evaluated. The degree of similarity between the grade groups reported in the biopsy and radical prostatectomy pathology results was recorded.

Optimizing the Personalized Care for the Management of Rectal Cancer: A Consensus Statement.

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in Turkey. The current guidelines do not provide sufficient information to cover all aspects of the management of rectal cancer. Although treatment has been standardized in terms of the basic principles of neoadjuvant, surgical, and adjuvant therapy, uncertainties in the management of rectal cancer may lead to significant differences in clinical practice.

Non-occlusive hepatic artery hypoperfusion syndrome and imaging findings: a systematic review.

Non-occlusive hepatic artery hypoperfusion syndrome (NHAHS), in other words, splenic steal, is a rare disorder that can arise following liver transplantation. After liver transplantation, its frequency has been defined as between 0.6 and 10.

The role of selective venous sampling in patients with non-localized primary hyperparathyroidism.

Objectives: The aim of this observational clinical study was to evaluate the success of angiographic selective venous sampling (ASVS) in locating parathyroid adenoma in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), in whom the other imaging modalities have failed, and and to evaluate its possible contribution to the applicability of minimal invasive surgery.

Material And Methods: Fifty-five patients who were admitted to our hospital's General Surgery department between January 2012 and January 2015 for PHPT in whom ultrasound and sestamibi scintigraphy have failed to localize the diseased gland were included to the study. Patients were divided into two groups: those who underwent ASVS and those who did not.

Clinical and Molecular Study of ELMO-2-Related Massive Intraosseous Vascular Malformations: Lessons Learned From 25 Years of Follow-up.

Massive intraosseous vascular malformations, a relatively rare entity in the vascular malformation spectrum, deserves attention as involving the membranous bones of the craniofacial skeleton and may lead to severe life-threatening hemorrhages and even death. The main aim of this study was to summarize the 25 years of clinical experience with these vascular malformation osseous patients, focus on the molecular and genetic aspect of the clinical entity, and to emphasize the certain challenging conditions in the treatment of these patients. All the patients appeared to be unaffected at birth, whereas initial symptoms occasionally began with painless swelling in the mandible in early childhood.

Trapezius Port Placement in Patients with Breast Cancer: Long-Term Follow-up and Quality-of-Life Assessment.

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term results of and patient satisfaction with trapezius ports in breast cancer patients, as an alternative to chest ports.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included all patients who underwent trapezius port placement from December 2007 to January 2017. Seventy female patients with breast cancer, with a mean age of 54 ± 9.

Outcomes of Radioembolization in Patients with Chemorefractory Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis: a Single-Center Experience.

Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and outcomes of radioembolization with Yttrium-90 (Y-90) microspheres in patients with unresectable and chemorefractory colorectal cancer liver metastasis (CRCLM).

Methods: This single-center study included 43 patients (34 male, 9 female) who underwent radioembolization with Y-90 for unresectable, chemorefractory CRCLM between September 2008 and July 2014. Overall survival (OS), liver progression-free survival (LPFS), overall response rate (ORR), local disease control rate (LDCR), and relations of these parameters with patient disease characteristics were evaluated.

Endovascular treatment of peripheral and visceral arterial injuries in patients with acute trauma.

Background: The present study is an evaluation of the efficacy of endovascular treatment in emergency setting for patients with acute peripheral and visceral arterial injury secondary to penetrating or blunt trauma.

Methods: Twelve patients (11 men) aged 35.8±11.

Outcomes of partial splenic embolization in patients with massive splenomegaly due to idiopathic portal hypertension.

Aim: To determine the outcomes of partial splenic embolization (PSE) for massive splenomegaly due to idiopathic portal hypertension (IPH).

Methods: In this prospective study, we evaluated the characteristics and prognosis of consecutive patients with IPH who underwent PSE for all indications at a single medical center between June 2009 and January 2015. The inclusion criteria were: presence of hypersplenism, massive splenomegaly, and resultant pancytopenia.

Concomitant transarterial and transvenous embolization of a pelvic arteriovenous malformation using a new liquid embolic agent, squid-12 and detachable coils.

We describe a complex congenital pelvic AVM with multiple feeding arteries arising from the side branches of the right internal iliac artery and a single draining vein in a male patient. Concomitant transarterial and transvenous embolization with a new liquid embolic agent Squid-12 and metallic coils enabled a complete embolization at a single session. Squid-12 is composed of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers and its lower viscosity makes it a promising agent for the treatment of AVMs.

Transarterial chemoembolization for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: A single center experience.

Background/aims: We aimed to determine the effect of transarterial chemoembolization treatment on survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of two different transarterial chemoembolization procedures, conventional transarterial chemoembolization and drug-eluting beads, in these patients.

Materials And Methods: A total of 40 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma treated with transarterial chemoembolization between January 2007 and March 2011 were included. Thirty-seven patients had Child-Pugh class A and the remaining 3 had class B.

Applications of the Amplatzer Vascular Plug 4.

The purpose of this study was to present our initial experience with the Amplatzer® Vascular Plug (AVP) 4 in various arterial environments. This material was designed for the embolization of peripheral small vessels using a diagnostic catheter. Herein, the following three procedures using the AVP 4 were described: hemodialysis fistula occlusion as a treatment for the steal phenomenon, gastroduodenal artery embolization prior to liver radioembolization, and vertebral artery embolization for the treatment of subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm and arteriovenous fistula.

Multidetector CT of bronchial and non-bronchial systemic arteries.

We evaluate the use of multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) angiography for the depiction of bronchial and non-bronchial systemic arteries (NBSAs), which frequently become enlarged as a secondary finding in a wide array of chronic lung diseases and other diseases that affect the pulmonary vascular system. MDCT angiography has enabled radiologists to provide thin-slice axial images, multi-planar reconstructions, interactive maximum intensity projections, and volume-rendered images to evaluate the origin and course of the abnormal bronchial arteries and enlarged NBSAs that may be the cause of hemoptysis. Embolization of the bronchial arteries is the primary treatment option in patients with massive hemoptysis.

Role of culturing from the tip and the tunneled segment of the catheters in tunneled catheter infection.

Purpose: Both the tip and the tunneled segment of removed tunneled jugular catheters were cultured to determine whether there is a difference between both cultures in diagnosis of the catheter infections. The role of interventional radiology in prevention, diagnosis, and management of the tunneled catheter infections is also discussed.

Materials And Methods: In this prospective study, 22 tunneled jugular catheters were removed due to infection in a single center between January 2006 and January 2007.

Endovascular management of life-threatening retroperitoneal bleeding.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate efficiency of embolotherapy in management of retroperitoneal bleedings.

Methods: A total of 16 patients with retroperitoneal bleeding who underwent angiography followed by transcatheter embolization within a 4-year period in a single centre were reviewed retrospectively. Electronic charts as well as procedural reports were reviewed to assess immediate angiographic findings and results of embolization.

Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver in a child complicated by haemorrhage.

Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma (UES) of the liver is a rare malignant neoplasm that mostly affects children younger than 15 years of age. We report a patient with UES in the right lobe that was complicated by haemorrhage after needle biopsy. The tumour was managed by embolization of the right hepatic artery and treated successfully with chemotherapy and surgical resection.

Use of glue and microcoils for transarterial catheter embolization of a type 1 endoleak.

We present a unique case of abdominal aortic aneurysm initially presenting with inferior vena cava compression leading to deep venous thrombosis, for which the patient subsequently underwent an endovascular aortic repair. Aorto-uni-iliac endografting was performed for subacute occlusion of left common iliac artery complicated by proximal type 1 endoleak. Subsequent management of the endoleak was successful, using a liquid embolic agent (cyanoacrylate) by transarterial approach.