Our experiences on endovascular and hybrid treatment of peripheral arterial diseases.

Background: This study aims to present our experiences on endovascular and hybrid treatment of peripheral arterial diseases.

Methods: Between March 2008 and April 2016, 86 patients who underwent endovascular treatment and 17 patients who underwent hybrid treatment for peripheral arterial disease in our clinic were retrospectively analyzed. The treatment approaches, success of treatments, complications and outcomes of these patients were studied.

Removal of broken catheter piece with snare device during endovascular treatment of post-traumatic brachial artery pseudo-aneurysm.

Post-traumatic pseudo-aneurysm is a rare complication of penetrating vascular injury. Endovascular stent implantation has become an alternative approach in the management of this pathology. In our case, we present a brachial artery pseudo-aneurysm that was treated with endovascular stent implantation, and removal of a broken catheter part with a three-dimensional snare device.

The effect of serum, intestinal and peritoneal visfatin levels on early diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia.

Background: Acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI) is a rapidly progressive disease where early diagnosis is life-saving. As a new cytokine, levels of thevisfatin might be affected during the ischema and reperfusion. In our study, we obtained changes of visfatin levels in the serum, peritoneal and intestinal lavage samples in rats, to investigate the effectiveness of these changes in the early diagnosis of AMI.