Feasibility of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary malignancies in the hands of the surgeon.

Aim: To assess the feasibility of percutaneous pulmonary radiofrequency ablation (RFA) executed by a single surgeon.

Materials And Methods: Between 2007 and 2010, 15 procedures were performed in 11 patients during 13 sessions. Sex, age, pulmonary localisation and tumor diameter are discussed.

[Extensive mesenteric venous thrombosis treatment by regional thrombolysis].

Two cases of mesenteric venous thrombosis with portal extension are reported. The first patient was treated right away by local intra-arterial thrombolysis, the second one benefited from local venous thrombolysis immediately after intestinal resection. No significant complication was observed.

Arterial embolization of post-partum hemorrhage.

The case of a 24-year-old patient with severe post-partum hemorrhage resistant to medical therapy is reported. Active bleeding was documented on CT and confirmed by angiography. Selective embolization of the cervico-uterine artery promptly stopped the bleeding.

Management of hepatic artery aneurysm. Case report and literature review.

The authors report the case of a 72-year-old man with new but vague epigastric pain. CT scan and selective coeliac trunk angiography demonstrated a common hepatic artery aneurysm (HAA). He was treated surgically by ligation and excision without revascularization.