1. Embolization of traumatic and non-traumatic peripheral vascular lesions with Onyx
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Raffaele Cantarela, Vincenzo Villari, Michele De Siero, Antonio Rescigno, Vincenzo Sica, Francesco Palmieri, and Renato Regine
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Original Paper ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Embolization Agent ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Physical examination ,Mean age ,General Medicine ,Peripheral ,Surgery ,Non traumatic ,Multidetector computed tomography ,medicine ,Embolization ,business - Abstract
Purpose The aim of our study is to verify the feasibility and the efficacy of Onyx as embolization agent in the treatment of traumatic and non-traumatic peripheral vascular lesions. Materials and methods In the period between September 2006 and March 2012, we treated with Onyx 26 patients (14 males/12 females; age range, 18-85 years old; mean age, 65 years old), 11 of which with traumatic peripheral vascular lesions and 15 with non-traumatic vascular lesions (9 neoplastic hemorrhagic lesions, 3 arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and 3 aneurysms). Follow-up controls were performed with clinical examination and by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging 1, 6, and 12 months after the procedure. Results All peripheral vascular lesions were embolized with Onyx; 3 patients with aneurysms were treated with Onyx associated with endovascular coils. Four elective and 22 emergency embolization procedures were performed. In all patients, we obtained cessation of bleeding and the complete and permanent embolization of all vascular lesions. Conclusions Onyx is an effective and safe embolization agent for peripheral vascular lesions.
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- 2015