Embolization

Rates of early death from gynecologic cancers were higher among Black women compared with women of other races and ethnicities, recent data show.

Women treated for uterine fibroids had greater risks for long-term reintervention after uterine artery embolization, endometrial ablation and hysteroscopic myomectomy vs. abdominal, laparoscopic or vaginal myomectomy, researchers reported.

For patients with cervical artery dissection initially treated with anticoagulation, switching to antiplatelet therapy at 30 days may prevent bleeding events later, as stroke risk was lower by then, researchers reported.

Durvalumab combined with transarterial chemoembolization and bevacizumab lengthened PFS among certain patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, according to the agent’s manufacturer.

In recognition of National Men’s Health Week, the Society of Interventional Radiology hosted a congressional press briefing on prostate artery embolization, a procedure used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Boston Scientific announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its embolization device with a fibered detachable coil, indicated to obstruct or reduce blood flow in the peripheral vasculature.

Black women experiencing postpartum hemorrhage requiring blood transfusion were less likely to receive higher levels of antihemorrhagic intervention compared with their white counterparts.

There are four scenarios in which patients with HCC and extrahepatic disease (EHD) should be considered for locoregional therapy (LRT) in the form of radioembolization or other options (eg, ablation, external radiotherapy).

WAILEA, Hawaii — For patients with malaligned knees or in whom systemic embolization is a concern, total knee arthroplasty performed with navigation can be invaluable, a speaker at Orthopedics Today Hawaii said.

In the United States, one in three women undergoes hysterectomy by age 60 years, according to the CDC.