Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR
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J Vasc Interv Radiol · Feb 2001
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialTreatment of malignant pleural effusions with tunneled long-term drainage catheters.
To assess the effectiveness of tunneled pleural catheters (TPCs) in the treatment of malignant pleural effusions (MPEs). ⋯ Regardless of whether pleurodesis is achieved, TPCs provide effective long-term outpatient palliation of MPEs.
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Venous thromboembolism is a common cause of death. Acute massive pulmonary embolism (PE) is life-threatening and may require vigorous more invasive treatment. ⋯ Systemic thrombolytic therapy, catheter-directed thrombolysis, percutaneous embolectomy, and more recently, percutaneous thrombus fragmentation techniques with a multitude of devices are now available to treat the most severe cases of massive PE. Successful treatment of PE includes implementation of a treatment protocol and the use of associated techniques and devices.
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To determine complications after transcatheter embolization for blunt splenic injury as recognized with computed tomography (CT). ⋯ Infarcts are common after splenic embolization. Gas may be present within an infarct after embolization with Gelfoam; however, the presence of air/fluid level is a better predictor of abscess.