Endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic duct drainage (EUS-PDD) is an effective treatment modality for pancreatic pathologies, including chronic pancreatitis, major or minor papilla inaccessible via endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and postsurgical pancreaticoenterostomy stricture [1,2]. Technically, however, EUS-PDD can be very difficult and is potentially associated with signif...

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery proceeding to clinical (NOTES). Eliminate natural (NOTES) first gained notoriety with the initial orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery. laboratory report of transgastric peritoneoscopy in Since then the medical community and the SOME ADVANTAGES general public has been captivated with the idea of “no-scar” abdominal surgery. In animal models, Th...

BACKGROUND Surgery to the vertebrobasilar region is difficult and not considered in most centres. Furthermore, the basilar artery, with its penetrating branches supplying the brain stem, is likely to be extremely hazardous to dilate. OBJECTIVES The objective of this review was to assess the effect of vertebral artery percutaneous transluminal angioplasty combined with medical care, compared t...

A patient who lost consciousness and had a convulsion caused by brain ischemia during balloon inflation in connection with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was successfully treated with a continuous-perfusion dilatation catheter without complications.

We report on a patient suffering a branch retinal artery occlusion immediately following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Balloon angioplasty may produce ocular embolic events consistent with previously reported neurological complaints.

The coronary steal syndrome is an uncommon but well recognised occurrence following coronary artery by-pass surgery using the internal mammary artery. We report a case of coronary steal successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of a subclavian stenosis.

INTRODUCTION This case report presents the pressure-lowering effect of transluminal fistula occlusion in a patient suffering from secondary glaucoma due to carotid cavernous fistula (CCF). CASE REPORT A 76-year-old Caucasian woman presented with dilated epibulbar vessels with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP, >30 mmHg) as well as glaucomatous excavations of the optic disc in both eyes. Cere...

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) has gained wide acceptance as an effective technique for the dilatation of stenoses in the arterial tree. We evaluated the long-term results of vascular access in a group undergoing hemodialysis, in particular the effects of PTA. Twenty-four percutaneous procedures were performed on 18 patients. Detection was based on physical examination, flow rate m...