Evaluating therapeutic efficacy of extended shelf-life 90 Y glass microspheres in transarterial radioembolization for colorectal cancer: a quantitative FDG PET/CT analysis.

Objectives: There is a lack of sufficient evidence regarding the use of extended shelf-life (ExSL) Yttrium-90 ( 90 Y) glass radiomicrospheres in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of ExSL 90 Y glass radiomicrospheres with a personalized treatment approach by analyzing 18 F-FDG PET/CT quantitative parameters [metabolic tumor volume (MTV) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG)] separately before and after the treatment.

Methods: A total of 93 radioembolization sessions involving 77 patients were included.

Braid stability after flow diverter treatment of intracranial aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the overall rates of braid changes associated with flow diverter (FD) treatment for intracranial aneurysms (IAs). Additionally, we sought to provide an overview of the currently reported definitions related to these complications.

Methods: A systematic search was conducted from the inception of relevant literature up to April 2023, encompassing six databases.

Safety and Efficacy of Flow Diverters for Treatment of Unruptured Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysms: Retrospective Multicenter Study.

Background: The anterior communicating artery (AComm) region is the most common site of intracranial aneurysms, with increased rupture risk compared with other locations. Overall, flow diverters present as a safe and efficacious treatment for intracranial aneurysms, but there is paucity of data for their use in the treatment of unruptured AComm aneurysms. We present the largest multicentric analysis evaluating the outcomes of flow diverters in AComm aneurysm treatment.

Evaluation of the effectiveness of drug-eluting transarterial chemoebolization in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Background And Aim: Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) therapy is currently considered as first option therapy in the intermediate stage HCC. The purpose of our study is to assess the efficacy and prognostic factors related to the DEB- TACE therapy.

Materials And Methods: The data from 133 patients with unresecetable HCC who were treated with DEB-TACE and followed between January 2011-March 2018 were retrospectively evaluated.

Safety and efficacy of flow diverter stents in the treatment of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: a single-center experience and follow-up data.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of flow diverters (FDs) in the treatment of middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms and share the follow-up (F/U) results.

Methods: The treatment and F/U results of 76 MCA aneurysms treated with the flow re-direction endoluminal device (FRED), FRED Jr., and pipeline embolization device (PED) FD stents were evaluated retrospectively.

Choroidal and retinal anatomical response following treatment of carotid-ophthalmic aneurysms with flow diverter stents.

Background: Flow diverter stents(FDSs) are recent additions to the endovascular armament for treating ophthalmic segment aneurysms(OSA). In our study we evaluated the long-term effect of FDS placement on multiple Optical Coherence Tomography(OCT) findings, best corrected visual acuity(BCVA) and intra-ocular pressure(IOP).

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted in 35 patients treated with a single FDS placement for OSA, between 2013 and 2018.

First clinical multicenter experience with the new Pipeline Vantage flow diverter.

Background: Flow diversion is an innovative and increasingly used technique for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. New flow diverters (FDs) are being introduced to improve the safety and efficacy of this treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the safety, feasibility, and efficacy of the new Pipeline Vantage (PV) FD.

Does concomitant prolactin measurement ıncrease the accuracy of ınferior petrosal sinus sampling?

Introduction: Prolactin (PRL) measurement during inferior petrosal sinus sampling (IPSS) can be helpful to improve the accuracy. We aimed to evaluate the effect of measuring PRL levels as a predictor for the accuracy of IPSS and evaluate its impact on the lateralization of adenomas.

Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we reviewed 51 patients who had undergone IPSS for the investigation of ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism.

Proposal and Validation of a Novel Scoring System for Hepatocellular Carcinomas Beyond Curability Borders.

Optimal scoring system for clinical prognostic factors in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is currently uncertain. We aimed to develop and externally validate an easy to use tool, particularly for this population, and named it the "unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma prognostic index" (UHPI). We evaluated the data of patients with treatment-naive unresectable HCC who were diagnosed in the training center from 2010 to 2019 (n = 209).

Safety and Efficacy of the FRED Jr Flow Re-Direction Endoluminal Device for Intracranial Aneurysms: Retrospective Multicenter Experience With Emphasis on Midterm Results.

Flow diversion is increasingly used as an endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysms. In this retrospective multicenter study, we analyzed the safety and efficacy of the treatment of intracranial, unruptured, or previously treated but recanalized aneurysms using Flow Re-Direction Endoluminal Device (FRED) Jr with emphasis on midterm results. Clinical and radiological records of 150 patients harboring 159 aneurysms treated with FRED Jr at six centers between October 2014 and February 2020 were reviewed and consecutively included.

Long-term results and comparison of flow re-direction endoluminal device and pipeline embolization device in endovascular treatment of intracranial carotid aneurysms.

Objective: This study aims to compare the efficacy, safety, and long-term outcomes of two flow diverters, i.e., pipeline embolization device and flow re-direction endoluminal device, in the treatment of distal carotid aneurysms.

Flow Redirection Endoluminal Device (FRED) with or without Adjunctive Coiling in Treatment of Very Large and Giant Cerebral Aneurysms.

Purpose: Flow diverter stents are gaining wider use in the treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms; however, there are limited data on occlusion and complication rates of flow diverters in very large and giant aneurysms. This study assessed the safety and efficacy of flow redirection endoluminal device (FRED) and FRED Jr. stents in aneurysms ≥ 20 mm.

Long-term clinical and angiographic follow-up results of the dual-layer flow diverter device (FRED) for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms in a multicenter study.

Purpose: Our aim was to determine the long-term safety and efficacy of the Flow Re-Direction Endoluminal Device (FRED) in this multicenter study with prospective design.

Materials-method: This study included 136 consecutive patients with 155 aneurysms treated between March 2013 and June 2016 in 10 centers. Twenty-two (16.

Ocular blood flow and choroidal thickness changes after carotid artery stenting.

Purposes: To evaluate changes in ocular blood flow and subfoveal choroidal thickness in patients with symptomatic carotid artery stenosis after carotid artery stenting.

Methods: We included 15 men (mean age, 63.6 ± 9.

Unexpected radiation pneumonitis after SIRT with significant decrease in DLCO with internal radiation exposure: a case report.

Background: In the last years, Selective Internal Radiation Therapy (SIRT), using biocompatible Yttrium-90 (90Y) labeled microspheres have emerged for the treatment of malignant hepatic tumors. Unfortunately, a significant part of 90Y-labeled microspheres may shunt to the lungs after intraarterial injection. It can be predictable by infusing technetium-99 m-labeled macro-aggregated albumin particles through a catheter placed in the proper hepatic artery depending on the lobe to be treated with performing a quantitative lung scintigraphy.

Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in an Untreated Vein of Galen Malformation Presenting Lately with Acute Obstructive Hydrocephalus.

Background: Mural-type vein of Galen malformations (VoGMs) mostly manifest in later stages of infancy as macrocephaly, hydrocephalus, or failure to thrive unless previously diagnosed and treated. Literature is extremely limited on the success and safety of endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in acute obstructive hydrocephalus caused by an untreated VoGM. Thus, we aimed to present a case for demonstrating the possible efficacy and safety of ETV under such conditions.

Annual contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging is highly effective in the surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma among cirrhotic patients.

Objectives: Biannual ultrasonography, a globally accepted surveillance method, has low sensitivity in detecting early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a surveillance strategy using annual contrast-enhanced MRI to detect HCCs at early-stage.

Materials And Methods: We reviewed the data of 294 patients with consistent annual contrast-enhanced MRI and biannual alpha fetoprotein (AFP) surveillance between 2008 and 2017.

Selective Internal Radiation Therapy for Liver Metastasis of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.

Papillary carcinoma of thyroid (PTC) is the most common neoplasm of the thyroid gland that usually invades lymphatics rather than blood vessels. Hematogenous metastasis of PTC is rare, and distant metastasis to the liver is even rarer. Selective internal radiation therapy with Y microspheres is a well-recognized technique in the treatment of liver metastases.

The safety and effectiveness of the Woven EndoBridge (WEB) system for the treatment of wide-necked bifurcation aneurysms: final 12-month results of the pivotal WEB Intrasaccular Therapy (WEB-IT) Study.

Introduction: The Woven EndoBridge Intrasaccular Therapy (WEB-IT) Study is a pivotal, prospective, single-arm, investigational device exemption study designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the WEB device for the treatment of wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms.

Methods: One-hundred and fifty patients with wide-neck bifurcation aneurysms were enrolled at 21 US and six international centers. Angiograms from the index procedure, and 6-month and 1-year follow-up visits were all reviewed by a core laboratory.

Cerebral Abscess Following Endovascular Treatment of Aneurysm: Report of 2 Cases and Review of the Literature.

Introduction: Endovascular treatment is growing in popularity globally as an important treatment option for intracranial aneurysms. Cerebral infection as a complication of endovascular treatment of aneurysms is sufficiently rare that only 6 isolated cerebral abscess cases have been reported thus far.

Case Report: In this report, we present 2 cerebral abscesses from 3 institutions, which developed after coil embolization of anterior communicating artery and middle cerebral artery aneurysms.