Prophylactic Uterine Artery Embolization in Placenta Accreta Spectrum-An Active Intervention to Reduce Morbidity and Promote Uterine Preservation.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and safety of early and proactive involvement of interventional radiology (IR) in the management of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) by performing the cesarean operation and prophylactic uterine artery embolization in the IR angiography suite as a combined procedure.

Materials And Methods: This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of prophylactic uterine artery embolization prior to placental separation in cases of antenatally proven or suspected abnormal placentation. Over a 5-year period, 16 consecutive patients with PAS underwent combined IR and obstetric intervention.

The Status of Interventional Radiology as a Specialty among Medical Students in India-Knowledge, Interest, and Exposure.

Interventional radiology (IR) is a young medical specialty where image guidance is utilized in minimally invasive procedures as a treatment option and/or as a diagnostic tool. There is an exponential increase in awareness and interest in IR amongst medical students. This trend is continuing despite lack of proportionate representation of IR in the current medical curriculum.

A review of the imaging manifestations of immune check point inhibitor toxicities.

The past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift in cancer therapy owing to the introduction of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and it is now commonplace for radiologists to image patients on therapy with these agents. The purpose of this review is to detail the mechanism, radiological manifestations and clinical significance of ICI related toxicities, according to the organ system involved. ICI related toxicities that have known imaging manifestations include colitis, enterocolitis, pancreatitis, hepatitis, endocrine toxicities, pneumonitis, cardiovascular toxicity and musculoskeletal toxicity.

Prostate artery embolisation: an initial experience from an Indian perspective.

Purpose: The study aims to report our very early experience with prostate artery embolisation in patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) in an Indian setting.

Material And Methods: This prospective study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Review Board, and informed consent was obtained from all the patients. Four patients with lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia underwent prostate embolisation.

The utility of ultrasound guidance in transjugular liver biopsy: our experience.

Purpose: To demonstrate the utility of ultrasound (US) guidance in improving the safety and efficacy of transjugular liver biopsy (TJLB) by analyzing all the TJLBs performed by us in the last 4 years.

Materials And Methods: Forty-seven patients who underwent TJLB in the last 4 years in our two centers were retrospectively analyzed. US guidance was used for all but for one patient during the two crucial steps of the procedure-for internal jugular vein (IJV) access and during the parenchymal biopsy.