Tag: embolization
First release RETNET data show no difference in progression-free survival between...
New data from a prospective, multicentre randomised controlled trial show similar hepatic progression-free survival (hPFS) using bland transarterial embolization (TAE) or transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)...
Research supports combined treatment approach for erectile dysfunction due to mixed...
Data from a new study have found that venous leak embolization yields additional clinical improvement and treatment potential in patients with vasculogenic erectile dysfunction...
Study shows long-term viability of PAE in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia
A single-centre report of mid- to long-term outcomes following prostate artery embolization (PAE) in a large cohort has found that the treatment shows significant...
iVascular initiates Opal study with new embolic liquid
iVascular has announced the initiation of Opal, the first-in-human study with the new embolic liquid Amber, based on a radiopaque biocompatible copolymer. Opal is...
How does uterine artery embolization affect reproductive outcomes?
Jessica K Stewart (University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA) shares what is currently known about reproductive outcomes following uterine artery embolization (UAE)...
Analysis of UK interventional radiology shows “major” discrepancy between workforce and...
An analysis of data collected on interventional radiology (IR) practice in the UK has shown an increasing trend in the number and complexity of...
Bariatric embolization deemed relevant in combination with medication for optimised obesity...
In a session titled ‘Bariatric embolization: Is it the end or a new resurgence?’ at the Global Embolization Oncology Symposium Technologies (GEST) annual conference...
Transit Scientific’s XO Cath microcatheter used in radial access UAE procedure...
Transit Scientific recently announced a milestone achievement with the successful utilisation of XO Cath, its embolic delivery microcatheter, via transradial access without a support...
The double-edged sword of private practice in the MENA region
Interventional radiologists Mohammed Almoaiqel (King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Karim Abd El Tawab (Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt) and Mohammad Al-Twalah...
More or less retired: RSNA gold medallist Anne Roberts reflects on...
With more than 35 years of tenure at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, Anne Roberts retired in 2022 and...
‘A new narrative’: TACE in the age of Y90 and immunotherapy
Hotly debated across the Society of Interventional Oncology (SIO; 25–29 January 2024, Long Beach, USA) annual conference programme, speakers took to the stage to...
Study suggests conservative management of spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage may be effective...
A recent study published in the journal CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology has found conservative management may be efficacious in patients with spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrhage...
Fluidx Medical launches new embolic platform for tumour treatment
Fluidx Medical has released information about their new ULTRA embolic platform designed to make therapeutic embolization procedures safer, better, and faster, as the recent...
Interventional approaches to benign bone tumours
Patients diagnosed with benign bone tumours will be relieved to know that these are not malignant, and some tumours will involute spontaneously. However, this...
ABK Biomedical announce first patient treated in Y90 radioembolization study
ABK Biomedical, a medical device company dedicated to the research, development, and commercialisation of advanced imageable embolic medical devices, has announced the first...
Merit Medical announces expanded microcatheter line for radial embolization
Merit Medical Systems, a leading global manufacturer and marketer of healthcare technology, today announced the expansion of its Maestro microcatheter product line to now...
Sirtex Medical announces Magle Group EmboCept S collaboration agreement
Sirtex Medical, a leading manufacturer of interventional treatment solutions, has announced the establishment of a collaboration and exclusive worldwide distribution agreement with Magle Group,...
Evaluation of transpulmonary chemoembolization (TPCE)
The incidence of lung cancer has increased considerably in the last few decades with the lung as the most common site of metastatic involvement....
“The PAIRS IR curriculum […] will be published by the 2024...
Ayman Al Sibaie is a consultant interventional radiologist currently working at Rashid Hospital (Dubai, UAE), and has been the president of the Pan Arab...
Boston Scientific receives 510(k) clearance for expanded cryoablation system
Boston Scientific has received 510(k) clearance for expanded indication of the Visual Ice cryoablation system. The clearance grants this device an indication expansion to...
A dive into sports injuries from an embolization perspective
Yuji Okuno (Okuno Clinic, Tokyo, Japan) shared with delegate sat the European Conference on Embolotherapy (ET; 21–24 June, Valencia, Spain) an analysis of the...
Pooled analysis data from 580 patients with unresectable HCC reinforce positive...
This advertorial is sponsored by Terumo Interventional Systems
LifePearl™ microspheres (Terumo) are polyethylene glycol (PEG) embolization microspheres that can be loaded with chemotherapeutic drugs including...
Boston Scientific receives 510k clearance for Embold soft and packing coils
Boston Scientific has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Embold soft and packing coils, the company has announced in...
The Lancet-published study finds “PAE provides more urinary and sexual symptom...
A French group of interventional radiologists and urologists has recently published the results of its randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 superiority trial of prostate...
IR treatments for postpartum haemorrhage “still significantly underutilised”
The Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) 2020 Standards of Practice document for gynaecological and obstetric haemorrhage are among the most comprehensive guidelines...
Cross-specialty approach to embolization ‘provides the best care for patients’
Shang Loh is chief of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and professor of clinical surgery at the University of...
Shape Memory Medical announces publication of results of embolization plug safety...
Shape Memory Medical has announced the publication of results from the company’s prospective, open-label, single-arm, safety study of the IMPEDE embolization plug in peripheral...
Predictions made on the future of embolization at GEST 2023
Speaking in the Vanguard session on the first day of the 2023 Global Embolization Oncology Symposium (GEST, 18–21 May, New York City, USA) yesterday,...
BlackSwan is given FDA premarket approval for new treatment of peripheral...
BlackSwan Vascular, a privately held company that is developing innovative therapies in endovascular embolization, is has announced it has received US Food and Drug...
Interventional News’ top 10 most popular stories of March 2023
Interventional News’ most popular stories from March included those covering new embolization and radiofrequency ablation data presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)...
Registry reinforces safety, efficacy and efficiency of radial access in visceral...
The final results of the RAVI prospective registry study demonstrated the safety and efficacy of radial access in visceral interventions in standard embolization procedures...
SIR 2023: Bariatric arterial embolization associated with “significant” muscle-sparing weight loss
Lead researchers Clifford Weiss and Daniel Giraldo Herrera (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA) presented their recent bariatric arterial embolization (BAE) study...
Interventional News’ top 10 most popular stories of February 2023
Interventional News’ most popular stories for the month of February included news from the Pan Arab Interventional Radiology Society annual meeting (PAIRS; 11–14 February,...
Study finds PAE “highly effective” long-term treatment for enlarged prostate
Prostate artery embolization (PAE) provides long-term effectiveness in treating urinary symptoms from an enlarged prostate gland, according to new research to be presented at...
Shape Memory Medical announces first patient treated in EMBO postmarket surveillance...
Shape Memory Medical has announced the first patient treated in Germany as part of the EMBO postmarket surveillance registry (EMBO-PMS), the company’s prospective, multicentre...
Fluidx Medical unveils new embolic for neurovascular use
Fluidx Medical has released information regarding the success of the IMPASS Embolic Device in in vivo research related to middle meningeal artery (MMA) embolizations...
Interventional News Issue 87—September 2022 Edition
Interventional News 87 Highlights:
Ten-year data on PAE for benign prostatic hyperplasia
The success of interventional radiology outpatient clinics
IR awareness: an initiative run...
New liquid embolic multicentre trial successfully enrols final patient
Fluidx Medical announces completion of trial enrolment for its GPX embolic device. In this multicentre trial, GPX was used to treat a variety of...
New embolic device demonstrates superior vessel filling in tumour models
Fluidx Medical disclosed study results examining extent of vessel filling using the GPX embolic device compared to microspheres, a common treatment for many types...
ET 2022: Choice of coil size key when embolizing in trauma...
As part of the ‘Trauma and Emergencies’ session at this year’s European Conference on Embolotherapy (22–25 June, Nice, France), conference deputy chairman Otto van...
SIR 2022: Treating placenta accreta spectrum with multivessel pelvic embolization
The findings of a collaborative research project at the University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA were presented in an abstract titled ‘Multivessel...
Boston Scientific Receives FDA Clearance for the EMBOLD Fibered Detachable Coil
Boston Scientific has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the EMBOLD Fibered Detachable Coil, which is indicated to obstruct or...
Instylla first-in-human clinical trial published results demonstrate success
A prospective multicentre study has evaluated the safety and efficacy of a polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based liquid embolic in treating hypervascular tumours, according to an...
Guerbet expands portfolio with microcatheters and guidewires for interventional imaging and...
Guerbet announces it will more than double its line of microcatheters and launch a new line of guidewires, resulting in a broad range of...
Time matters in the trauma setting
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With trauma comes the challenge of not knowing what a patient is...
Embolization comes knocking on knee pain’s door
A wealth of data emerging in the last 18 months, including from a small multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled study of genicular artery embolization for knee...
One-year snapshot shows cost benefits for prostate artery embolization over gold...
Prostate artery embolization (PAE) is more cost-effective than transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), the gold standard for the management of patients with benign...
Scitech Medical’s Embosoft microspheres receive CE mark approval for vascular embolization
Scitech Medical, has announced that it has received CE mark approval for the Embosoft microspheres for use in vascular embolization of hypervascular tumours, symptomatic...
First patient enrolled in pivotal LAVA study
The first patient has been enrolled in the LAVA study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the BlackSwan Lava liquid embolic system (LES)...
GAE with Embosphere microspheres comparable long-term results to imipenem cilastatin in...
Trisacryl gelatin microspheres 100–300μm in size can be considered for genicular artery embolization (GAE), a new study presented at the 2021 meeting of the...
Sirtex Medical announces strategic investment in BlackSwan Vascular
Sirtex Medical (Sirtex) has announced a strategic investment in BlackSwan Vascular (BlackSwan), a private company developing therapies in endovascular embolization. The investment provides resources...
Early experience shows Caterpillar™ embolization device can be accurately deployed and...
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Ripal Gandhi (Miami, USA) outlines his initial experiences with the Caterpillar™ Arterial Embolization Device (BD), a product, which he...
Medtronic issues urgent field safety notice for some Pipeline Flex embolization...
Medtronic has issued an urgent field safety notice to warn on specific production lots of its Pipeline Flex embolization devices due to the potential...
“Huge disparity” between UAE and surgery numbers worldwide
On average in France, 2,000 uterine artery embolizations (UAEs) are performed each year. In contrast, 40,000 patients have hysterectomies annually. This has led French...
Caterpillar embolization devices gain FDA clearance
The Caterpillar and Caterpillar Micro arterial embolization devices (BD) have received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance.
The Caterpillar devices utilise a novel dual...
Merit Medical’s EmboCube embolization gelatin and Torpedo gelatin foam indicated for...
Merit Medical announces that both its EmboCube (syringe-loaded embolization gelatin foam) and Torpedo (uniform, pre-shaped gelatin foam loaded into a cartridge with optional blunt...
Merit Medical launches Torpedo gelatin foam for embolization of hypervascular tumours
Merit Medical has announced the commercial launch of Torpedo, a proprietary gelatin foam indicated for use in the embolization of hypervascular tumours. The Torpedo...
Musculoskeletal embolization may be critical for pain management in sports-related injuries
Yuji Okuno (Okuno Clinic, Tokyo, Japan) gave an update on the status of musculoskeletal embolization for pain management and sports related injuries at the...
Geniculate artery embolization potentially a “game-changer” for patients with knee osteoarthritis
There is a huge group of knee osteoarthritis patients in whom conservative therapy fails. Yet, many of these patients are not candidates for joint...
The emborrhoid technique in 2019: An outpatient option for patients in...
As a world-leading advocate of the “emborrhoid” technique—the embolization of the superior rectal arteries—and the lead author of the 2015 study demonstrating the procedure’s...
FAIR-Embo hopes to spread safe, cheap embolization around the world
Vincent Vidal (Marseille, France) and colleagues have demonstrated the in vivo feasibility of arterial embolization with permanent and absorbable suture fragments, leading them to...
Embolization registry will use artificial intelligence to predict patient outcomes
Sandeep Bagla (chair of Interventional Radiology at the Vascular Institute at Virginia, Woodbridge, USA) presented the results of an initial clinical study detailing his...
Merit’s Embosphere microspheres receive expanded indication to control haemorrhaging in the...
The FDA has cleared an expanded indication of Embosphere microspheres (Merit Medical) for the embolization of blood vessels to occlude blood flow in the...
EmboCube embolization gelatin granted FDA approval for embolization of hypervascular tumours
EmboCube Embolization Gelatin (Merit Medical) has been granted 510(k) approval for use in embolization of hypervascular tumours.
The uniformly cut cubes of gelatin foam have...
Gastric embolization leads to loss of muscle as well as fat
Left gastric artery embolization leads to the loss of both fat and muscle, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of...
Interventional radiologists’ expertise essential in trauma embolization
With traumatic injuries caused by traffic accidents on the rise, Miguel Angel de Gregorio provides an overview of interventional radiologists' role in performing embolization...
Real-time imaging: Ultrasound detects a biodegradable embolic microsphere after prostatic artery...
Researchers report the use of ultrasound to detect embolization in real time for patients undergoing treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Richard Owen (University...
Embolization for trauma should be performed only by highly trained and...
Robert Morgan, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, discusses the role of interventional radiologists (IRs) in trauma embolization; and whether other...
Flowing on the horizon: Liquid embolics in development
To become a mainstay liquid embolic for peripheral use, an optimal product should be easy to use, have reproducible and controllable deep penetration for...
Impede embolization plug gets US FDA clearance
Shape Memory Medical announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Impede embolization plug. The device...
Evidence propels prostate artery embolization into becoming a “standard of care”...
The support of the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) signals that embolization has a unique role in the treatment of benign prostatic...
Prostatic artery embolization improves BPH symptoms nearly as much as TURP...
A randomised, open label trial that was published in the BMJ on 19 June 2018 suggests that the improvement in lower urinary tract symptoms...
Gas embolotherapy generated microbubbles could provide vehicle for cutting off blood...
Recently, scientists have explored another version of embolization, called gas embolotherapy. During this process, the blood supply of cancerous tumours is cut off using...
Guerbet acquires Occlugel and new microsphere technology for initial €3 million...
Guerbet has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a laboratory-stage technology developed by Occlugel, a French company specialised in the research...
Medtronic expands IO focus with US launch of OptiSphere embolization spheres
Medtronic announced the US launch of OptiSphere embolization spheres, a resorbable embolic platform designed for embolization of hypervascular tumours.
OptiSphere offers patients an alternative treatment...
Early data show arterial embolization reduces knee pain and disability from...
Geniculate artery embolization could improve quality of life for patients with knee pain due to osteoarthritis, according to new research presented at the Society...
Clinical capabilities of Infinix-i 4D CT showcased at ECR 2018
Healthcare centres around Europe are realising a new realm of clinical efficiency with the Infinix-i 4D CT system, which seamlessly integrates interventional radiology and...
New liquid embolic agents, Squidperi 34 and 34LD, get CE mark
Balt International announced that it has received CE mark for the Squidperi 34 and 34LD liquid embolic agents.
Squidperi is a non-adhesive liquid embolic agent...
Guerbet acquires IR microcatheter maker Accurate Medical
Guerbet has announced that it has entered into an agreement under which it will acquire Israeli company Accurate Medical, which specialises in the development...
Vascular plugs score over platinum coils on radiation dose in pelvic...
A prospective, randomised single-centre study that set out to compare the safety and efficacy of vascular plugs and fibred platinum coils for embolization in...
Image-guided, minimally invasive medicine revolutionises emergency care
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), in coordination with Member of the US House of Representatives (Rep.) from Utah's 4th district, Mia Love, hosted...
Randomised trial finds prostatic artery embolization “a real treatment alternative” to...
Six-month results from a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority study presented at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE; 16–20 September, Copenhagen, Denmark) reveal...
Vast majority of patients prefer radial access for embolization therapies in...
“While both radial and femoral accesses are safe and effective for transarterial liver embolization, it is clear that the patients prefer radial access,” said Marcelo Guimaraes, Charleston, USA, who was presenting on the...
Women largely unaware of uterine fibroid embolization
American women are largely unaware of uterine fibroid embolization according to results from a new nationwide poll released by the Society of Interventional Radiology...
New study uses cryoablation to target vagus nerve and obesity
A new study is underway at Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, USA, to evaluate the use of cryoablation to treat mild to moderate obesity.
The clinical trial,...
Bariatric embolization: Promising results for GET LEAN study at six months
by Sumeet Patel, Azim Shaikh and Mubin Syed
The GET LEAN (Gastric artery embolization trial for the lessening of appetite nonsurgically) study shows promising six-month preliminary data...
Embosphere receives US FDA de novo classification for prostatic artery embolization
Merit Medical has announced that it has received 513(f)(2) (de novo) classification from the FDA to expand indication for its Embosphere microspheres. The indication...
Study suggests uterine fibroid embolization helps restore fertility
The treatment can help restore fertility in women with uterine fibroids, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
Uterine fibroids are...
Lipiodol—an effective imaging biomarker for chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma
Beyond embolization endpoints under fluoroscopic guidance, the introduction and standardisation of cone-beam CT imaging in the procedure room has allowed Lipiodol (Guerbet) to become...
High radiation dose to operator with prostatic artery embolization, until imaging...
According to our results, the physician who performs prostatic artery embolization procedures, even with a ceiling suspended shield, would reach the annual radiation limit...
Metactive announces issuance of patents on Blockstent and Ballstent embolization devices
Metactive, an early-stage company focused on developing embolization devices for the treatment of peripheral vascular and neurovascular diseases, has announced the issuance of US...
1,000-patient study indicates prostate artery embolization remains effective for years
Prostate artery embolization maintains its effectiveness for at least three years after patients undergo the therapy, according to research presented at the Society of...
US study suggests fibroid embolization “vastly underutilised” compared with hysterectomy
A large US nationwide study shows that the uterine fibroid embolization is vastly underutilised, compared to hysterectomy—especially in rural and smaller hospitals.
In fact, there...
Using Y-90 to achieve bariatric artery radioembolization
Nearly 10 years have passed since Aravind Arepally et al published data from the first gastric artery chemoembolization preclinical trials for the treatment of...
Mentice releases world’s first endovascular simulation training software module for prostatic...
Mentice has announced the release of the world’s first simulation training software module for prostatic artery embolization. The software, created from real patients’ data,...
Ask4UFE launches #LoveYourUterus campaign
Ask4UFE has announced the #LoveYourUterus campaign to encourage women with painful fibroids to share their stories of health and healing. Uterine fibroids often result...
Top tips on using coils and plugs in embolization
By Rahul S Patel and Richard Tapnio
Coils and plugs are among the most commonly employed tools for vessel sacrifice and aneurysmal occlusion. In practice, these tools...
Embolization can “potentially” treat chronic osteoarthritic pain
Is there a relationship between neovascularisation and pain? If so, embolization has the potential to change the way we think of treating chronic pain,...
