A Rare Case of Isolated Ureteral Diaphragmatic Herniation: Case Report and Review of Literature by Nassib Abou Heidar, Hussein Elsemesmani, Ahmad Elamine, Mustafa Natout

“…Management strategies varies from conservative to ureteral stenting to operative herniorraphy and reduction. We present a case of a 71-year-old man who was found to have an incidental right ureteral diaphragmatic herniation causing an asymptomatic kidney obstruction. …”
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Repair of symptomatic superior mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm with arteriovenous fistula using physician-modified endograft by Olivia Fuson, MD, Claire Janssen, MD, Andrew Barleben, MD, Ann Gaffey, MD, MS

“…Known interventions for the treatment of SMA pseudoaneurysm with SMAVF include open repair or endovascular repair with coil embolization or covered stenting. To the best of our knowledge, this report is the first of physician-modified endograft for the treatment of SMA pseudoaneurysm with SMAVF after prior thrombosis, ligation, and coil embolization of the SMA. …”
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Acute Aortic Dissection Mimicking STEMI in the Catheterization Laboratory: Early Recognition Is Mandatory by Alessio Arrivi, Gaetano Tanzilli, Paolo Emilio Puddu, Giovanni Truscelli, Marcello Dominici, Enrico Mangieri

“…Two pathophysiologic mechanisms are discussed: either thrombosis migrating from a previously treated giant aneurism of proximal left anterior descending or a local arterial complication due to left main stenting. Recognition of these occurrences in the catheterization laboratory is important to look immediately for surgery.…”
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Endovascular Therapy Is Effective for Leriche Syndrome with Deep Vein Thrombosis by Tasuku Higashihara, Nobuo Shiode, Tomoharu Kawase, Hiromichi Tamekiyo, Masaya Otsuka, Tomokazu Okimoto, Yasuhiko Hayashi

“…The stenotic lesion in the terminal aorta was stented with an excellent postprocedural angiographic result and dramatic clinical improvement after EVT. …”
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Preoperative prediction of flexible ureteroscopy outcome in the treatment of renal calculi by Mohammed Abozaid, Eid Elsherif, Fatma Elserafy, Islam Abobakr, Mohamed Selim

“…Also, other factors as stone Hounsfield units (HU), pre-stenting, and access sheath use were recorded. Results A total of 80 patients met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Double Vessel Coronary Angioplasty in a Patient with Anomalous Single Coronary Artery Arising from the Right Cusp and Premature Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease: A Case Repo... by Varun Kumar, Shalini Gupta, Krishna Prasad

“…The patient managed successfully by percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with drug-eluting stents (DESs) by radial approach.…”
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Spontaneous ureteral rupture: A rare case report and review of literature by Anass El Alaoui, MD, Abdelghani Ouraghi, MD, Hemdellah Debbe Salem, MD, Anouar El Moudane, MD, Ali Barki, MD

“…The treatment involved antibiotics and double-J stenting. This case demonstrates that spontaneous ureteral rupture should be suspected in urolothiasis patients presenting for a severe pain even if the calculus is small and the laboratory markers are normal. …”
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Thoracic Radionecrosis Following Repeated Cardiac Catheterization by Borut Banic, Bernhard Meier, Andrej Banic, Christian Weinand

“…We are reporting on a case of radiodermatitis that occurred within months after coronary dilatation and stenting. It started with painful swelling, followed by a typical appearance on the skin surface. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Acute Pancreatitis after Percutaneous Biliary Intervention: We Do Not Know Nearly Enough by Jing Song, Jun Deng, Feng Wen

“…Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage (PTCD) and percutaneous transhepatic biliary stenting (PTBS) may be used as a palliative treatment for inoperable patients with malignant biliary obstruction (MBO) to improve the prognosis and their quality of life. …”
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Effect of ranolazine on the course of ischemic heart disease after percutaneous coronary intervention by О.А. Yepanchintseva, O.J. Zharinov, І.V. Shklianka

“…The results of many clinical studies have proven the antiischemic effect and safety of ranolazine after coronary artery stenting. Potential advantages of ranolazine compared with other second-line antianginal drugs are the absence of significant changes in hemodynamic parameters, good tolerability and proven antiarrhythmic effects.…”
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Total transfemoral approach for Gore Excluder thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis (TAMBE), external tour de graft technique by Saurabh Gupta, MD, Joshua Plant, MD, Javaneh Jabbari, MD, Arian Savadkohi, Shahab Toursavadkohi, MD

“…A 16 Fr steerable sheath is positioned outside the partially deployed thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis device, and the preloaded wires are individually snared, allowing for a stable 8 Fr coaxial system to cannulate and deliver stents to target vessels. This technique avoids upper extremity access and maintains all wires within the descending thoracic aorta, allowing implantation in patients with challenging aortic arch configurations and potentially mitigating stroke risk.…”
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Osteoma of the Medial Wall of the Maxillary Sinus: A Primary Cause of Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction and Review of the Literature by Athanasios Saratziotis, Enzo Emanuelli

“…An endonasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with osteoma removal by using a drill with temporary silicone stenting of the nasolacrimal duct system was performed. …”
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“Bailout” Endovascular Treatment of Acute Aortic Occlusion by Konstantinos Tigkiropoulos, Kyriakos Stavridis, Ioannis Lazaridis, Nikolaos Saratzis

“…He was managed by primary deployment of balloon expandable (BE) covered stents in the aortic bifurcation followed by thrombectomy of the left ventricle (LV) under extracorporeal circulation by cardiothoracic surgeons 2 days after initial operation. …”
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Role of TIPS in Improving Survival of Patients with Decompensated Liver Disease by Sundeep J. Punamiya, Deepak N. Amarapurkar

“…The last decade has seen a significant improvement in these complications, with introduction of covered stents, better selection of patients, and clearer understanding of procedural end-points. …”
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Heminephrectomy for Obstructed Upper Moiety in a Bilateral Duplex System by Christian A. Agbo, Sunday A. Tarkehe

“…The patient underwent right heminephrectomy, and stenting of the ureters was done bilaterally, with a satisfactory post-operative outcome. …”
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Gastropleural Fistula as a Rare Complication of Gastric Sleeve Surgery: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review by Fahad Alghanim, Ali Alkhaibary, Abdulmohsen Alzakari, Abdullah AlRumaih

“…Nonsurgical conservative management (total parenteral nutrition, percutaneous drainage, and antibiotics with endoscopic stenting) can be considered.…”
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Cholangiocarcinoma: A Decade's Experience at a Community-Based University Hospital by Andrew Szilagyi, Benjamin Mitmaker, Esther Lamoureux

“…Survival was similar in patients undergoing palliative stents or surgery. In a small subgroup of surgically treated patients who received either radiotherapy or postoperative drainage, survival seemed to be better.…”
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Efficacy of TIPS plus extrahepatic collateral embolisation in real-world data: a validation study by Chao Chen, Feng Zhang, Hao Wu, Wei Wu, Hui Xue, Yuzheng Zhuge, Chunqing Zhang, Guangchuan Wang, Zhengjie Li, Qiong Wu, Bo Wei, Jun Tie, Xiubin Sun, Lianhui Zhao, Yifu Xia, Jiao Xu, Peijie Li

“…Significantly, TIPS+E also reduced rebleeding, HE and FDC in subgroup of using 8 mm diameter stents and embolising of gastric varices+spontaneous portosystemic shunts (GV+SPSS). …”
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Pseudoaneurysm of the Anterior Tibial Artery following Tibio-Talar-Calcaneum Fusion with a Retrograde Nail: A Rare Case and Literature Review by Simon Craxford, Saravana V. Karuppiah, Stephen Milner

“…The patient subsequently underwent endovascular stenting of the pseudoaneurysm and has had a successful recovery. …”
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A rare case of May-Thurner syndrome due to external compression of the right and left common iliac veins by Logan Schwarzman, MD, Jack Aguilar, MD, Nichelle Megowan, MD

“…Initial etiology workup was unremarkable, and further diagnostics revealed compression of the right common iliac vein at the bifurcation of the right common iliac artery between the right external and internal iliac arteries with concomitant compression of the left common iliac vein. Stenting of the right common iliac vein was completed, with significant symptomatic improvement at 30-day follow-up. …”
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