Usefulness of Percutaneous Drainage in Determining the Causative Microorganism in Patients with Spondylodiscitis: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.

Purpose: To determine the usefulness of CT-guided percutaneous drainage for the causative microorganism detection in patients with spondylodiscitis.

Materials And Methods: Data of patients who underwent CT-guided percutaneous drainage for spondylodiscitis from January 2014 to April 2022 were extracted from the radiological database of our hospital and investigated. The administration rate of antibiotics prior to blood culture and CT-guided percutaneous drainage (CTPD) were analyzed.

Coil embolization of renal artery aneurysms: Simultaneous delivery of three microdevices with a novel 6-Fr guiding sheath.

Here, we report the case of a 59-year-old male patient who underwent transcatheter embolization of bilateral renal artery aneurysms, using 2 microballoons and 1 microcatheter, all carried within a single guiding sheath. During coil embolization in a visceral artery, there are situations that can require multiple microdevices. We developed a new 6-Fr Shephard-hook type guiding sheath (Parent Plus 60) with a lumen large enough to deliver three microdevices simultaneously.

A case of a patient who underwent transcatheter arterial embolization for unruptured splenic aneurysm during pregnancy.

Here, we report the case of a 30-year-old female patient who underwent coil embolization for unruptured splenic artery aneurysm without any complication at 26 weeks of pregnancy with reduction in fetal radiation exposure. The patient did not suffer from rupture of splenic artery aneurysm during or after procedure. Pregnancy is a risk factor of splenic artery aneurysm rupture with a high mortality rate.