OBJECTIVE To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of a new liquid embolic material, Embol, in embolization of the renal artery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Embol is a new embolic material obtained by partial hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate mixed in absolute ethanol and Iopromide 370 and manufactured by Schering Korea, Kyonggido, Korea. Six patients who underwent embolization of the renal artery using ...

Background: Brain Arteriovenous Malformation (BAVM) was induced by the congenital development abnormality of partial vascular anomaly differentiation. Better prognostic factors should be developed by our researchers. Objective: To analyse the clinical and follow-up materials about Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) treated by endovascular embolization combined with radiosurgery (Gamma Knife Surge...

Dental implantation in the mandibular anterior region is considered a safe and reliable surgical procedure. On the other hand, several articles have reported that inadvertent hemorrhage of the sublingual artery can result in life-threatening airway obstruction. Surgical ligation under intubation or tracheostomy is the most widely used approach for controlling mouth floor bleeding in this highly...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hemangioblastomas (HBs) are rare lesions accounting for 1-5% of all spinal cord tumors. Seventy-five percent of spinal HBs are intramedullary. Lesions of the conus medullaris and the cauda equina are uncommon, and the filum terminale location is very rare. HBs of the lower spinal region are highly vascular tumors requiring surgery that is potentially complicated by excess...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute paraplegia must be investigated promptly to exclude reversible causes. In this report we illustrate the usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in identifying the vascular etiologies of acute paraplegia. CASE DESCRIPTIONS Two patients presented with acute paraplegia, one spontaneously and the other after removal of an intra-aortic balloon pump catheter. Thr...

Two adult patients were diagnosed with extralobar and intralobar pulmonary sequestration. One patient presented with haemoptysis. Both patients suffered from recurrent episodes of severe pulmonary infections. Both patients were treated by means of endovascular embolization using Amplatzer(®) vascular plugs (AVPs). They were discharged from hospital after 48 and 24 h and then followed up for 24 ...

A 39-year-old female visited our cardiovascular outpatient department with paresthesia and soreness around the right popliteal fossa, where thrill was palpable. There was no history of trauma, apart from her having undergone acupuncture several years previously. An arteriovenous fistula (AVF) was diagnosed by vascular ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging. Angiography confirmed the pre...

PURPOSE Vascular access device fragment embolization is a relatively rare but potentially serious complication. The purpose of this study was to report our experience with endovascular retrieval of embolized vascular access device fragments by interventional radiological means. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients with a vascular access device fragment embolism were treated between 2004 and 201...

Purpose: To evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of dual lumen balloon microcatheter Onyx embolization in peripheral interventions. Material and methods: Between January 2013 and September 2014, seven patients underwent Onyx embolization through a double lumen balloon microcatheter. Onyx was injected as solely agent in three patients with chronic hemoptysis, two patients with life thre...

BACKGROUND Non-cirrhotic idiopathic portal hypertension (NCIPH) is characterized by splenomegaly, anemia and portal hypertension, while liver function is preserved. However, no animal models have been established yet. This study assessed a rat model of NCIPH and characterized the hemodynamics, and compared it to human NCIPH. METHODS Portal pressure (PP) was measured invasively and coloured mi...