Therapeutic embolization of the gonadal veins is performed on male and female patients for different clinical situations using similar techniques. The testicular varicocele is a common clinical problem associated with pain and reduced fertility rates. In women, chronic pelvic pain can be attributed to pelvic congestion syndrome, which is said to result from retrograde flow in incompetent ovaria...

INTRODUCTION Preoperative kidney tumor embolization is standard procedure for therapy in advanced kidney cancer. Preoperative embolization has a goal to reduce intraoperative bleeding and also to shorten the time of surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively observed 50 patients between 2000-2011, in which the preoperative embolization was performed. Mean age of patients was 64 years. ...

Catamenial hemoptysis is a rare condition, characterized by recurrent hemoptysis associated with the presence of intrapulmonary or endobronchial endometrial tissue. Therapeutic strategies proposed for intrapulmonary endometriosis with catamenial hemoptysis consist of medical treatments and surgery. Bronchial artery embolization is a well-established modality in the management of massive or recu...

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Preoperative uterine artery embolization and cervical evacuation as conservative management of cervical pregnancy has been tried in recent years. However, cervical suturing, vasoconstrictor injection, or cervical ballooning was frequently used as an ancillary measures in those procedures in most of the previous studies. We report two cases of cervical pregnancy that were successfully treated wi...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to present the main - surgical and non-surgical - therapeutic approaches (or methods) used in the treatment of pelvic bleeding of neoplastic origin. MATERIALS AND METHODS analysis of the materials found in the literature on this subject. RESULTS Among the surgical methods used, hypogastric artery ligation is the oldest therapeutic approach in cervical ble...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Coil embolization is an alternative to clipping for intracranial aneurysms. However, controversy exists regarding the best therapeutic strategy in patients with ruptured aneurysms, and there is great center- and country-related variability in the rates of clipping versus coiling. We performed a meta-analysis of prospective controlled trials of clipping versus coil emboliz...