Prospective, Randomised Two Centre Trial of Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm With or Without Sac Embolisation.

Objective: The benefit of aneurysm sac coil embolisation (ASCE) during endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) remains unclear. This prospective randomised two centre study (SCOPE 1: Sac COil embolisation for Prevention of Endoleak) compared the outcomes of standard EVAR in patients with AAA at high risk of type II endoleak (EL with EVAR with ASCE during the period 2014-2019.

Methods: Patients at high risk of type II EL were randomised to standard EVAR (group A) or EVAR with coil ASCE (group B).

Erectile Dysfunction Resistant to Medical Treatment Caused by Cavernovenous Leakage: An Innovative Surgical Approach Combining Pre-operative Work Up, Embolisation, and Open Surgery.

Objective: Thirty per cent of cases of erectile dysfunction (ED)/male impotence are resistant to oral treatment. Half of these cases are due to blood drainage from the corpora cavernosa occurring too soon, due to cavernovenous leakage (CVL). The aim of this study was to report on an innovative treatment scheme combining pre- and post-operative haemodynamic assessment, venous embolisation, and open surgery for drug resistant ED caused by CVL.

Ultrasonography after pharmacological stimulation of erection for the diagnosis and therapeutic follow-up of erectile dysfunction due to cavernovenous leakage.

The goal of this work was to demonstrate that Doppler ultrasound (DUS) after pharmacological stimulation of erection (PSE) can be used to evaluate the presence and intensity of a cavernovenous leak (CVL) suspected in erectile dysfunction (ED) patients. The study was built around 50 DUS-PSE exams of penile arteries and veins, which were carried out 3, 5, 10 and 20minutes after pharmacological stimulation. Measured parameters were end diastolic velocity of the cavernous arteries and mean velocity of the deep penile vein and/or penile superficial veins.