Extrarenal Visceral Arteries Injuries during Left Radical Nephrectomy: A 50-Year Continuing Problem.

Due to their proximity to the left renal hilum, injuries to the superior mesenteric artery and celiac trunk are still reported during left radical nephrectomy, whether performed via open, laparoscopic, or robotic methods. The aim of this 50-year narrative review is to emphasize the anatomical and pathophysiological bases, risk factors, and strategies for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of such injuries.

Cavoatrial junction stenting in vascular hemodialysis catheter malfunction.

In patients undergoing hemodialytic treatment via intravascular catheters, stenosis or occlusion of central veins is common. Despite an extensive characterization of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS) no data is available about CavoAtrial Junction (CAJ) stenosis. We report the case of two patients with a story of multiple catheter failures due to thrombosis or infection.

Modified upside-down technique with Gore tapered iliac limbs for isolated iliac artery aneurysms.

Purpose: To describe the off-label use of tapered iliac limbs for the treatment of isolated iliac aneurysms with proximal landing zone significantly larger than distal landing zone.

Technique: Inversion of a Gore Excluder tapered leg (W. L.

First clinical experience with the Innova versus the Protege EverFlex self-expanding bare metal stents in superficial femoral artery occlusions.

Background: To evaluate outcomes of superficial femoral artery (SFA) stenting with Boston Scientific Innova stent system (Boston Scientific Corporation Place, Natick, Massachusetts, United States) compared with ev3 Protege stent system (Endovascular, Inc., Plymouth, Minnesota, United States) in terms of safety and effectiveness and to identify factors predictive of restenosis.

Methods: From March 2012 to January 2013, 71 patients with SFA TASC (Trans Atlantic Inter-Societal Consensus)-II B and C occlusive lesions were treated by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with stenting (30 patients in the Innova group and 41 cases in the Protege group) and were evaluated by retrospective observational data analysis.

Multiple instances of peripheral artery emboli from occult primary small cell lung cancer.

Most peripheral artery emboli originate in the heart, and systemic neoplastic emboli are infrequently associated with bronchogenic carcinoma. To our knowledge, there have been no reports of pulmonary vein infiltration by small cell lung cancer.We describe a highly unusual case of multiple instances of peripheral embolism as the first overt sign of occult primary small cell lung cancer.