Experience Matters: Impact on Technical Success and Complication Rate in Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage.

Rationale And Objectives: To investigate factors influencing the success and complication rate of percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD).

Materials And Methods: PTBD procedures between 2017 and 2022 were enrolled retrospectively. Success rate, complications, and technical considerations were compared using Mann-Whitney U-, X-, and Fishers exact tests.

Feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of fast whole-body MRI in slightly to moderately injured trauma patients.

Objectives: To determine the feasibility and diagnostic accuracy of fast whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) compared to whole-body computed tomography (WB-CT) in detecting injuries of slightly to moderately injured trauma patients.

Materials And Methods: In a prospective single-center approach, trauma patients from convenience sampling with an expected Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) score ≤ 3 at admission, received an indicated contrast-enhanced WB-CT (reference standard) and a plain WB-MRI (index test) voluntarily up to five days after trauma. Two radiologists, blinded to the WB-CT findings, evaluated the absence or presence of injuries with WB-MRI in four body regions: head, torso, axial skeleton, and upper extremity.

The status of academic interventional radiologists in Germany with focus on gender disparity: how can we do better?

Purpose: The aim was to characterize the framework conditions in academic interventional radiology (IR) in Germany with focus on differences between genders.

Materials And Methods: After IRB approval, all members of The German Society for Interventional Radiology and Minimally Invasive Therapy (n = 1,632) were invited to an online survey on work and research. Statistical comparisons were undertaken with the Fisher's exact test, Wilcoxon rank sum test or Pearson's Chi-squared test.

Avoiding adverse events in interventional radiology - a systematic review on the instruments.

Background: Avoiding AEs is a pivotal fundament for high patient safety in an efficient interventional radiology (IR) department. Although IR procedures are considered to have a lower risk than their surgical alternatives, they account for one third of all radiological adverse events (AEs) and in general, the number of AEs is increasing. Thus, measures to prevent AEs in IR are of interest.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on therapeutic interventional oncology procedures and diagnostic CT/MRI examinations at a German university hospital.

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic led to the implementation of severe restrictions on public life in Germany and a reduction in the number of non-COVID patients presenting for care. The aim of this study was to measure the impact on the number of therapeutic interventional oncology procedures in relation to diagnostic imaging studies at a high-volume radiology department.

Materials And Methods: The numbers of therapeutic interventional oncology procedures and diagnostic CT/MRI examinations for the years 2010 to 2021 were extracted using the hospital information system.

Measuring appropriateness of diagnostic imaging: a scoping review.

In radiology, the justification of diagnostic imaging is a key performance indicator. To date, specific recommendations on the measurement of appropriateness in diagnostic imaging are missing. To map the study literature concerning the definition, measures, methods and data used for analyses of appropriateness in research of diagnostic imaging.

Routine Use of Structured Reporting in Whole-body Trauma CT Facilitates Quality Improvement.

Purpose: Structured reporting (SR) is increasingly used. So far, there is minimal experience with SR in whole-body computed tomography (WBCT). The aim of this study was to investigate the value of routine use of SR in WBCT in trauma with a focus on reporting time, reporting errors, and referrer satisfaction.

Value of Clinical Information on Radiology Reports in Oncological Imaging.

Radiological reporting errors have a direct negative impact on patient treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the contribution of clinical information (CI) in radiological reporting of oncological imaging and the dependence on the radiologists’ experience level (EL). Sixty-four patients with several types of carcinomas and twenty patients without tumors were enrolled.