SIR produces its Standards of Practice documents by using the following process. Topics of
relevance and timeliness are conceptualized by the Standards of Practice Committee …

Sclerotherapy is the therapeutic use of sclerosants in the controlled destruction of undesired
target tissues. Sclerosants have been used in vascular and nonvascular settings, both as …

Percutaneous vascular embolization is one of the major applications of interventional
radiology. A wide variety of embolization agents are currently available for clinical use. The …

Varicocele recurrence is one of the most common complications associated with varicocele
repair. A systematic review was performed to evaluate varicocele recurrence rates, anatomic …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this article is to familiarize the reader with the most commonly
used embolic agents in interventional radiology and discuss an approach for selecting …

PURPOSE: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) of bleeding
gastric varices (GV) is well described in the literature. Using Ethanolamine oleate as the …

Purpose The purpose of this meta-analysis is to study the impact of varicocele repair in the
largest cohort of infertile males with clinical varicocele by including all available studies, with …

Patients with gastric variceal bleeding require a multidisciplinary team approach including
hepatologists, endoscopists, diagnostic radiologists, and interventional radiologists. Upper …

Varicocele is one of the most common causes of male infertility. Treatment options for
varicoceles includes open varicocelectomy performed at various anatomical levels …

PURPOSE: Balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) is a widely
accepted treatment for gastric varices, but data are limited in regard to its role in the …