Abstract Background To conduct a meta-analysis to assess the safety and efficacy of prophylactic transcatheter arterial embolization (PTAE) for treatment high-risk bleeding peptic ulcers after achieving endoscopic hemostasis. Methods PubMed Cochrane Library were queried full-text articles published up December 2019. The following keywords used: “prophylactic embolization”, “supplement “gastroin...

Vascular malformations are difficult to treat because of poor results of treatment and recurrence of symptoms. Percutaneous and/or transluminal embolisation has refined the treatment of surface vascular lesions; especially with availability of variety of sclerosants.We report a case of a young girl with vascular malformation of right foot, which was treated with percutaneous sclerotherapy with ...

Epistaxis is the most common emergency presenting to the ENT surgeon. Here we present a case of epistaxis arising from the sphenopalatine artery in a patient who had previously had the ipsilateral external carotid artery ligated due to previous epistaxis. On investigation the epistaxis was determined to arise from an anastamosis with the contralateral sphenopalatine artery. The anatomy was demo...

The management of such patients includes: protection of the airway and blood transfusion; and identification of the source and site of the haemorrhage followed by appropriate therapy. If the haemoptysis is uncontrolled, operative intervention and resection is indicated. In selected circumstances other measures may be employed; these are PTE 4 and tamponade of the abnormal area using a balloon-t...

4 A case of partial splenic embolisation (PSE) that was performed in a girl with severe leucothrombocytopenia due to hypersplenism is described. Treatment with PSE is a safe and effective alternative to splenectomy that prevents clinical complications due to haematological disorders and improves hypersplenism before liver

fibroids are the most common benign tumors of the uterus during female reproductive age. uterine artery embolization (uae) using embolic particles (pva, gelfoam) to occlude the uterine arteries, have been reported as a relatively safe, effective, and durable nonsurgical alternative to hysterectomy in diminishing fibroid-related symptoms. to block the arterial blood supply to the fibroid complet...

patients and methods tae was performed on 20 patients with liver hemangioma. the embolic agent used was polyvinyl alcohol (pva) particles (300-400 micron, jonson and johnson cordis, usa). all patients were followed up for 6 months. imaging was carried out and patients were also evaluated symptomatically through telephone interview by a physician. results twenty patients aged from 21 to 63 years...