Recent studies have emphasized the important role lymphatics play in drainage of interstitial fluid and edema prevention. While infrainguinal been studied some depth patterns pathology identified, such data above groin is sparse, particularly patients with phlebolymphedema. This study attempts to evaluate status lymphatic flow inguinal ligament undergoing stenting for symptomatic chronic iliofe...

microcatheters using a mixture of tissue glue and lipiodol, a radio-opaque oil-based contrast agent that can alter the viscosity and polymerisation time of tissue glue based on the percentage of dilution.2 Based on preand post-embolisation angiograms, the proportion of AVM nidus obliterated and parenchymal loss of the treated kidney were estimated, performed with simple eyeballing by an experie...

BACKGROUND Histoacryl glue (N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate) has well-established utility in the endoscopic management of gastrointestinal variceal bleeding. The role of Histoacryl glue in non-variceal bleeding is less clear, and there are few articles describing its use in this setting. METHODS Six patients with intractable non-variceal gastrointestinal bleeding were managed using injection of Histo...

Received 11/16/2001; accepted 6/2/2002. For correspondence or reprints contact: Shyh-Jen Wang, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160 Section 3, Taichung Harbor Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan, R.O.C., Tel: (886)4-23741349, Fax: (886)4-23741348, E-mail: [email protected] Therapeutic nuclear medicine has grown rapidly as a treatment modality in oncology ...

PURPOSE We aimed to describe our initial experience with percutaneous transthoracic localization (PTL) of pulmonary nodules using a C-arm cone-beam CT (CBCT) virtual navigation guidance system. METHODS From February 2013 to March 2014, 79 consecutive patients (mean age, 61±10 years) with 81 solid or ground-glass nodules (mean size, 12.36±7.21 mm; range, 4.8-25 mm) underwent PTLs prior to vide...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the effects of BCRP expression on tumor recurrence, metastasis and treatment tolerability. METHODS A VX2 rabbit liver tumor model was established. Division was randomly into 4 groups: namely saline control group; A group, given hydration lipiodol; B group, Ad-p53; and C group, Ad-p53+hydration lipiodol. After the intervention, samples were collected t...

AIM To investigate the role of tumor apoptosis-inhibitory protein survivin in arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis in VX-2 carcinoma in the rabbit liver by means of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. METHODS Sixteen rabbits with 32 implanted hepatic VX-2 tumors were randomly divided into two groups. The experimental group received 2 mg of arsenic trioxide and 1 mL of ultra-fluid lipiodol...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of dual localisation with hookwire and lipiodol before needlescopy-assisted resection for pulmonary nodule. Computed tomography-guided dual marking was performed on 36 pulmonary nodules of 32 patients and needlescopy-assisted resection was performed monitored by C-arm fluoroscopy. The mean age of the patients was 58 ± 12 (range 12-77) yrs. T...

A case of cerebral lipiodol embolism after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) of hepatocellular carcinoma is presented. A 76-year-old man underwent TACE for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Immediately after chemoembolization, his level of consciousness deteriorated. Computed tomography revealed deposition of iodized oil in the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, and thalami. Magneti...