Percutaneous device closure for secundum atrial septal defects (ASDs) has been performed commonly and safely with high success rates. However, it is still challenging to close ASDs that are surrounded with deficient or hypermobile rims and could be compromised with an unexpected migration of device. We report a case of percutaneous Amplazter Septal Occluder (ASO; St. Jude Medical Inc., St. Paul...

Acute acalculous cholecystitis has a high mortality rate due to the difficulties in early diagnosis and high rate of complications like empyema, gangrene and perforation. We report a case of 20-year-old male with acute severe pancreatitis, acute renal failure and acute peripancreatic fluid collection who was transferred to our department after blood filtration treatment in ICU. After percutaneo...

PURPOSE To evaluate percutaneous cryotherapy as a primary treatment option for high-risk prostate cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS From October 2000 to February 2005, 21 high-risk (Gleason e.8 and/or PSA > 10 and/or stage > T2a) prostate cancer patients underwent 24 percutaneous prostate cryoablation procedures. Patients' median age was 70.9, and the average pretreatment PSA was 19.5 ng/...

AIM to show the effect of Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI®) combined with eccentric programme in the treatment of patellar tendinopathy. METHODS prospective study of 33 athlete-patients consecutively treated for insertional tendinopathy with Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis (EPI®) and followed for 2 years. Functional assessment was performed at the first visit, at three months...

Injury to the spleen during routine colonoscopy is an extremely rare injury. Diagnosis and management of the injury has evolved with technological advances and experience gained in the management of splenic injuries sustained in trauma. Of the 37 reported cases of colonoscopic splenic injury, 12 had a history of prior surgery or a disease process suggesting the presence of adhesions. Only 6 had...

OBJECTIVE To define the best technique for the surgical treatment of supracondylar fracture of the humerus (SFH) in children, evaluating percutaneous pinning with side wires vs. cross-pinning. METHODS Randomized controlled trials using the Medline, CAPES, and BIREME. The criteria for inclusion of articles criteria were: (1) randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing percutaneous wire fixat...

Arthroscopy is commonly used for evaluating intra-articular fracture patterns and assessing postfixation reduction; however, the use of arthroscopy for the definitive treatment of articular fracture nonunion has not been reported. This article describes a case of symptomatic glenoid fossa fracture nonunion that was successfully treated with arthroscopically assisted percutaneous screw fixation ...

PURPOSE To retrospectively review the complications of ultrasound (US)-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) of renal cell carcinoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this study, 101 patients with 105 tumors seen from April 2006 to Feb 2014 were enrolled retrospectively. The patients were treated with US-guided percutaneous MWA and were followed up with contrast-enhanced US and computed tomogra...

You have accessJournal of UrologySurgical Technology & Simulation: Instrumentation II (PD41)1 Sep 2021PD41-05 INITIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF MINI-PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY (PCNL) WITH URETEROSCOPIC (URS) LITHOTRIPSY AND SYNCHRONOUS PERCUTANEOUS EVACUATION FRAGMENTS USING A STEERABLE SUCTION DEVICE Mihir Desai, Abhishek Singh, Arvind Ganpule, Ravindra sabnis, Mahesh and Jaime Landman DesaiMih...

Objective: To describe the use of renal angiography in the detection of renal vascular injuries following percutaneous nephrolithotripsy and to assess the efficacy of endovascular management of these complications. Methods: This was a retrospective review of 131 consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotripsy for renal calculi from January 2001 to July 2005. All patients who p...