Factors Influencing Clinical Success Following Endovascular Treatment of Type II Endoleaks.

Purpose: To compare long-term outcomes of transarterial (TA) and translumbar (TL) embolization of type II endoleaks (T2E) following EVAR, as well as factors that predict clinical success.

Methods: 129 (mean age, 71.4y; range, 53-95) with T2E referred for embolization from August-2003 to December-2017 were retrospectively reviewed.

Technical Considerations and Clinical Outcomes in the Endovascular Management of Celiac Arterial Aneurysms.

This retrospective case series details a single-center experience of 8 patients (mean age, 54.4 years) with celiac artery aneurysms (CAAs) who underwent 1 parent vessel-sparing, 5 partial parent vessel-sparing, and 2 non-parent vessel-sparing procedures. Technical success was achieved in 6 of 8 (75%) patients.

MR venography using time-resolved imaging in interventional management of pelvic venous insufficiency.

Purpose Of Review: To evaluate the utility of magnetic resonance venography with time-resolved imaging (MRV TRI) in the diagnosis of pelvic vein insufficiency (PVI).

Recent Findings: A retrospective single-center review of N = 17 consecutive patients who underwent pelvic MRI for the assessment of PVI was performed. N = 8/17 (47%) studies were positive for PVI.

Intra-Arterial and Intravenous Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography in Prostate Artery Embolization: A Case Series.

This retrospective case series details early experience with intra-arterial (IA) and intravenous (IV) contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in 8 patients (mean age, 70.4 years) who underwent prostatic arterial embolizations from July 2014 to March 2017. Technical success was achieved in 7 of the 8 patients.

Case report: Diffuse hyperplastic perilobar nephroblastomatosis complicated by a unilateral Wilms tumour: diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.

Background: Nephroblastomatosis is an uncommon pathologic process characterized by the presence of persistent embryonic nephrogenic rests. Progression to Wilms tumour occurs in an estimated 35% of patients. Cure rates are based on histologic findings and disease stage and have improved from 10% in the 1920s to over 90% today.

A digital peer-to-peer learning platform for clinical skills development.

Background: Due to constraints in time and resources, medical curricula may not provide adequate opportunities for pre-clerkship students to practice clinical skills. To address this, medical students at the University of Alberta developed a digital peer-to-peer learning initiative. The initiative assessed if students can learn clinical skills from their peers in co-curricular practice objective structured clinical exams (OSCEs).