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SAVE-PCI: Small-Bore Percutaneous VAD Matches IABP in High-risk PCI

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—A novel percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) appears to offer comparable safety to an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) when offering hemodynamic stabilization in elective, ...
Frontiers

Percutaneous transhepatic recanalization of occluded prosthetic graft after pancreatoduodenectomy with venous reconstruction for pancreatic cancer

Introduction: To investigate the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic endovascular recanalization and stenting after venous graft thrombosis in pancreatic cancer patients who ...
ascopubs.org

Percutaneous hepatic perfusion (PHP) with melphalan for treatment of liver metastases from uveal melanoma: Initial commercial experience.

Relationship between immune-mediated adverse events and clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI): A single institution experience. This is ...
UroToday

Efficacy and Safety of Percutaneous Transhepatic Lithotripsy Using SpyGlassDSTM Cholangioscopy for the Treatment of Difficult Stones.

Background/Objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic lithotripsy using the SpyGlassDSTM cholangioscopy system for the treatment of ...
BioSpace

JediCare Medical has announced successful completion of its first-in-human feasibility study of the world’s first-of-its-kind Pulmonary Nodule Percutaneous Sphere Resection

SHANGHAI, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- JediCare Medical Technology Co., Ltd. a Shanghai, China based company ("the Company"), jointly with West China Hospital of Sichuan University, recently ...
MedPage Today

Surgery for Acute Cholecystitis in Older Adults Tied to Reduced Readmissions

Surgical treatment for older adults with acute cholecystitis was associated with reduced readmissions and emergency department revisits. Patients in clinical equipoise had similar mortality rates, ...
SciELO

Is the presence of a catheter and time of surgery effective in conversion to open surgery in interval cholecystectomies after percutaneous drainage in acute cholecystitis?

OBJECTIVE: There are no guidelines regarding intraoperative or preoperative catheter removal in patients eligible for surgery following percutaneous drainage in acute cholecystitis. In this study, we ...
C&EN

Statin Therapy before Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Novel Bridge between Thrombin and Thrombomodulin for Enhanced Cardiovascular Protection

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Percutaneous coronary intervention administration of statins enhances the ...
TCTMD

Percutaneous Mechanical Aspiration Promising for Right-Heart Infective Endocarditis

WASHINGTON, DC—For patients with right-sided infective endocarditis (RSIE) who don’t respond to medical therapy, percutaneous mechanical aspiration (PMA) appears to offer clinical efficacy, according ...
Telegram

Appeals Court: Saint Vincent Radiology Associates may be held liable in 2011 patient death

WORCESTER ― A Massachusetts appeals court has given the green light for a Worcester-based radiology group to be held liable for not providing an interventional radiologist on call, which allegedly led ...
Too Old to Operate

Comparative Outcomes of PTCD and ERCP in Palliative Biliary Drainage

The following is a summary of “Analysis of the efficacy of Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography Drainage (PTCD) and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the treatment of ...