Percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization: is there a need for tissue adhesives?
PURPOSE:We aimed to evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and safety of ureteral embolization exclusively using Amplatzer Vascular Plugs (AVPs) in the management of ureteral leakages.METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 7 patients with ureteral leakages and fistulas having undergone transrenal uret...
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| description | PURPOSE:We aimed to evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and safety of ureteral embolization exclusively using Amplatzer Vascular Plugs (AVPs) in the management of ureteral leakages.METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 7 patients with ureteral leakages and fistulas having undergone transrenal ureteral embolization with AVPs was performed. In all cases, AVPs were deployed via a preexisting percutaneous transrenal nephrostomy tube. Technical and clinical success as well as complications were evaluated.RESULTS:During a 4-year study period, 11 ureters in 7 patients were embolized using AVPs. In one case additional coil embolization was conducted. Technical success in terms of sufficient occlusion of the treated ureter was achieved in 100% of the procedures. Median size of used plugs was 16.0 mm (range, 12–18 mm). Number of deployed AVPs ranged between one and three. Median procedural time was 24.00 minutes, and a median dose area product of 58.92 Gy·cm2 was documented. No procedure-related complications occurred. During a median follow-up period of 7 weeks, recurrence of the treated leak could not be observed.CONCLUSION:Ureteric plug embolization in patients with ureteral leakages or fistulas is a feasible, effective, and safe technique, even without the addition of tissue adhesives. However, due to the often limited prognosis and life expectancy of the affected patients, long-term experiences are still lacking. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48037ac279b04597a9a0064fdb4fe1942023-09-06T12:17:14ZengGalenos Publishing HouseDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology1305-38251305-36122021-11-0127676276710.5152/dir.2021.2064013049054Percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization: is there a need for tissue adhesives?Anne Marie Augustin0Lukas Koneval1Charis Kalogirou2Arkadius Kocot3Ralph Kickuth4 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Department of Urology and Paediatric Urology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Wuerzburg, Germany PURPOSE:We aimed to evaluate the feasibility, effectiveness and safety of ureteral embolization exclusively using Amplatzer Vascular Plugs (AVPs) in the management of ureteral leakages.METHODS:A retrospective analysis of 7 patients with ureteral leakages and fistulas having undergone transrenal ureteral embolization with AVPs was performed. In all cases, AVPs were deployed via a preexisting percutaneous transrenal nephrostomy tube. Technical and clinical success as well as complications were evaluated.RESULTS:During a 4-year study period, 11 ureters in 7 patients were embolized using AVPs. In one case additional coil embolization was conducted. Technical success in terms of sufficient occlusion of the treated ureter was achieved in 100% of the procedures. Median size of used plugs was 16.0 mm (range, 12–18 mm). Number of deployed AVPs ranged between one and three. Median procedural time was 24.00 minutes, and a median dose area product of 58.92 Gy·cm2 was documented. No procedure-related complications occurred. During a median follow-up period of 7 weeks, recurrence of the treated leak could not be observed.CONCLUSION:Ureteric plug embolization in patients with ureteral leakages or fistulas is a feasible, effective, and safe technique, even without the addition of tissue adhesives. However, due to the often limited prognosis and life expectancy of the affected patients, long-term experiences are still lacking. http://www.dirjournal.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/percutaneous-transrenal-ureteral-plug-embolization/53814 |
| spellingShingle | Anne Marie Augustin Lukas Koneval Charis Kalogirou Arkadius Kocot Ralph Kickuth Percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization: is there a need for tissue adhesives? Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology |
| title | Percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization: is there a need for tissue adhesives? |
| title_full | Percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization: is there a need for tissue adhesives? |
| title_fullStr | Percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization: is there a need for tissue adhesives? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization: is there a need for tissue adhesives? |
| title_short | Percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization: is there a need for tissue adhesives? |
| title_sort | percutaneous transrenal ureteral plug embolization is there a need for tissue adhesives |
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