Publications by authors named "Shohei Takasugi"

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of subtraction computed tomography arteriography (s-CTA) during preoperative embolization in spinal tumors.

Methods: The study analyzed 17 vertebrae in 13 patients who underwent preoperative embolization before spinal fixation surgery for malignant spinal tumors to decrease blood loss at our hospital from 2019 to 2021. Their ages ranged from 56 to 88 years (average, 73.

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Vertebral hemangiomas are the most common benign lesion of the spine which are often an asymptomatic incidental finding. However, a few hemangiomas are aggressive and characterized by bone expansion and extraosseous extension into the paraspinal and epidural spaces. We report the case of a patient presenting an aggressive vertebral hemangioma causing back pain and bilateral numbness of the legs.

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Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of aggressive embolization of side branches arising from the aneurysmal sac before endovascular aneurysm repair.

Methods: This retrospective study included 95 patients who underwent endovascular infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair at Tottori University Hospital between October 2016 and January 2021. Of these, 54 underwent standard endovascular aneurysm repair (conventional group), and 41 underwent coiling of the inferior mesenteric and lumbar arteries before undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair (embolization group).

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Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the mid-term outcomes of embolization procedures for type II endoleak after endovascular abdominal aortic repair, and clarify the risk factors for aneurysm enlargement after embolization procedures.

Methods: This was a retrospective multicenter registry study enrolling patients who underwent embolization procedures for type II endoleaks after EVAR from January 2012 to December 2018 at 19 Japanese centers. The primary end point was the rate of freedom from aneurysm enlargement, more than 5 mm in the aortic maximum diameter, after an embolization procedure.

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As current treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) remain chemotherapeutic ones directed toward symptoms, the development of a curative treatment is urgently required. Herein, we show an autoreactive immune cell-targetable approach using autoantigen-modified liposomes for the curative treatment of MS. In these experiments, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced by autoantigenic myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) peptide was used as a model of primary progressive MS, and MOG-modified liposomes encapsulating doxorubicin (MOG-LipDOX) were used as a therapeutic drug.

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Tissue factor (TF), which is well known as a trigger molecule of extrinsic coagulation, is found in not only tumor cells but also in stromal cells in tumor tissues. Thus, TF is a candidate molecule to potentially enable targeting of both tumor cells and stromal cells for anti-cancer drug delivery. Herein, we prepared liposomes conjugated with the Fab' fragment of anti-TF antibody (TF Ab-Lip) and evaluated the capability for drug delivery to stroma-rich tumors for realizing a whole tumor tissue-targetable strategy.

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Background: Left subclavian artery (LSA) embolization is occasionally required to prevent type II endoleak in the thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) procedure. This is a retrospective study comparing compressed Amplatzer Vascular Plug II embolization (CAE) and conventional coil embolization (CCE) in preventing retrograde flow into the aneurysmal sac through the LSA after TEVAR.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of patients who underwent CAE or CCE of the LSA during TEVAR from June 2013 to March 2016 in our hospital.

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Purpose: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of coil embolization with an indwelling catheter with side holes to control visceral artery bleeding while simultaneously preserving peripheral artery flow.

Materials And Methods: A 6-F anticoagulant-coated catheter with two symmetrically arranged side holes was used with coil embolization to induce hemostasis in the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) of 13 pigs. The SMA was punctured with a metal needle to induce bleeding.

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Aims And Objectives: Ethanol is widely used for the embolization treatment of vascular malformations, but it can also cause serious complications such us pulmonary hypertension, cardiopulmonary collapse and death. The complications are considered secondary to pulmonary vasospasm and ethanol-induced sludge embolism, etc., We studied the hemodynamic effects of intravenous absolute ethanol injection and ethanol sludge injection in pigs.

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