Publications by authors named "Claudio Carrubba"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to compare the effectiveness and safety of two types of vascular closure devices (VCDs): balloon-based and non-balloon-based.
- Conducted between March 2021 and May 2022, it involved 2,373 participants and focused on 1,672 patients, evaluating successful hemostasis, failure management, and safety rates of complications.
- Results indicated that non-balloon VCDs had a higher rate of successful hemostasis (96.5%) compared to balloon VCDs (85.9%), although non-balloon devices had a higher incidence of arteriovenous fistulas (1.57% vs. 0%).
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal disease; patients' long-term survival is strictly linked to the surgical resection of the tumor but only a minority of patients (2-3%) have a resectable disease at diagnosis. In patients with surgically unresectable disease, interventional radiology is taking on an increasing role in treatment with the application of loco-regional percutaneous therapies. The primary purposes of this narrative review are to analyze the safety and efficacy of ablative techniques in the management of borderline resectable and locally advanced diseases and to underline the role of the interventional radiologist in the management of patients with distant metastases.
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