THE membership of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Standards of Practice Committee represents experts in a broad spectrum of interventional procedures from both the private and academic sectors of medicine. Generally Standards of Practice Committee members dedicate the vast majority of their professional time to performing interventional procedures; as such they represent a valid b...

OBJECTIVE To assess the modern morbidity of hemoptysis and the contribution of therapeutic bronchial artery embolization to its management. METHODS Medical record review of patients admitted for the treatment of hemoptysis from January 1991 to November 1995 and of patients who had therapeutic bronchial artery embolization from June 1986 to August 1995. Hemoptysis was labeled major or minor. ...

AIM To analyse the relationship between the Volume Embolization Ratio (VER), aneurysmal morphological characteristics, and intracranial aneurysm embolization results. MATERIAL AND METHODS Using the clinical and radiological data of 57 cerebral aneurysms treated with detachable coils, VERs were calculated. The relationship between the VER and aneurysm embolization was analysed. RESULTS We ob...

Introduction Transcatheter arterial embolization is a possible treatment for patients with recurrent bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract after failed endoscopic management and is also an alternative to surgical treatment. Aim To analyze the outcomes of transcatheter arterial embolization and identify the clinical and technical factors that influenced the rates of morbidity and mort...

Embolization of head and neck hypervascular tumors is a well-established therapeutic technique. Preoperative embolization reduces intraoperative blood loss, shortens the length of surgery, and decreases surgical morbility and mortality. This study assesses the safety and efficacy of preoperative embolization of meningiomas fed by the OPH by using Onyx liquid embolic agent.

pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (avms) are rare vascular malformations of the lung that usually led to a notable risk of serious and life-threatening complications. there is considerable debate about the best management of strategies for the group of patients with diffuse avms. several therapeutic options have been reported for management of this abnormality among which coil embolization ...

We report the case of a 36-year-old male with severe scrotal swelling undiagnosed after multiple diagnostic tests. Patient presented swelling, weeping ulcers on dorsal aspect scrotum, and worsening pain affecting day-to-day functioning. Duplex ultrasonography showed low to no-flow hypervascularity dependent edema suspicious vascular malformation. Treatment included sequential gelfoam embolizati...