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A M Zuckerman

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PubMed1992

Peripheral transcatheter embolization with platinum microcoils.

Embolotherapy with platinum microcoils delivered through the Tracker-18 microcatheter (Target Therapeutics, San Jose, Calif) was performed in 16 patients when peripheral superselective catheterization with standard angiographic catheters was not possible. The Tracker-18 catheter could be directed distally into small peripheral vessels for delivery of the microcoils. These microcoils, with attached fiber strands, resulted in vascular occlusion within a few minutes in all cases. Embolotherapy was technically successful in all patients. The procedures were clinically successful in 15 of 16 patients (94%), and no complications were encountered. Embolization with platinum microcoils through the Tracker-18 catheter is useful when standard methods of embolization are not possible.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1989

Osteoarthropathy of patients undergoing long-term hemodialysis.

Maintenance hemodialysis, while capable of prolonging life, is an incomplete substitute for the patient's native functioning kidneys. Recently, it has become clear with time that long-term survivors of hemodialysis develop an osteoarthropathy differing from classic secondary hyperparathyroidism. The radiographic appearance includes erosive or destructive changes of articular surfaces, bone cysts, osteopenia, and periarticular calcific deposits. The most important clinical factor related to the development of the disease is increasing duration of hemodialysis. Although amyloid appears to be a causative factor, the exact etiology and treatment remain uncertain. It is important that the radiologist be aware of this entity and not mistake it for secondary hyperparathroidism, a variant of rheumatoid arthritis or infection.

Bone Diseases, Metabolic↗