Pelvic venous disorders in women - diagnosis and therapy.

Chronic pelvic pain may cause a significant reduction in the quality of life for affected women, and the extent of the limitation is often underestimated. Chronic pain can lead to lifelong problems. Currently, PCS is probably significantly underdiagnosed as a cause of chronic pelvic pain in women.

Bone mineral density as a prognostic marker in patients with biliary tract cancer undergoing surgery.

Background: Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is one of the most aggressive malignancies and surgery represents the only curative treatment approach. However, even in patients with complete tumor resection 5-year survival rates are below 30%. So far, prognostic markers to assess the outcome of these patients are lacking.

A Two Stage Open and Interventional Therapeutic Approach for an Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Aneurysm With Coeliac Artery Occlusion.

Introduction: Visceral artery aneurysms (VAAs) are rare but have a high mortality rate in cases of rupture, especially for pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms (PDAAs). A hybrid approach is presented for a challenging case with inferior PDAA (iPDAA) with concomitant coeliac artery (CA) occlusion and a variant arterial supply to the liver.

Report: A 61 year old patient complained of postprandial pain associated with elevated liver enzymes and impaired hepatic synthesis capacity.

Transarterial microembolization for the management of refractory chronic joint pain in osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative disease significantly impacting both patient quality of life and socioeconomics. Traditional treatment options, including pharmacological and surgical interventions, are often limited. Advancements in our understanding of the pathological mechanisms behind OA indicate the involvement of pathological angiogenesis.

Value of magnetic resonance angiography before prostatic artery embolization for intervention planning.

Knowledge about anatomical details seems to facilitate the procedure and planning of prostatic artery embolization (PAE) in patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPS). The aim of our study was the pre-interventional visualization of the prostatic artery (PA) with MRA and the correlation of iliac elongation and bifurcation angles with technical success of PAE and technical parameters. MRA data of patients with PAE were analysed retrospectively regarding PA visibility, PA type, vessel elongation, and defined angles were correlated with intervention time, fluoroscopy time, dose area product (DAP), cumulative air kerma (CAK), contrast media (CM) dose and technical success of embolization.